1. Beni (my son), attend unto my chochmah, and bow thine ozen to my tevunah (understanding);
2. That thou mayest regard mezimah (discretion), and that thy sfatayim (lips) may keep da'as (knowledge).
3. For the sfatayim (lips) of a zarah (strange woman) drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than shemen (olive oil);
4. But her end is marah (bitter) as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged cherev.
5. Her raglayim go down to mavet; her steps lead to Sheol.
6. Lest thou shouldest compare [hers] to the orach chayyim, her ma'agalot (paths) are crooked, that thou canst not know them.
7. Hear me now therefore, O ye banim, and turn not from the words of my peh (mouth).
8. Remove thy derech far from her, and come not near the petach (doorway) of her bais;
9. Lest thou give thine hod (strength) unto others, and thy shanim unto the cruel one;
10. Lest zarim (strangers) be filled with thy koach; and thy toilings be in the bais nochri;