His talk is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords.
OJB[55:22]The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his lev; his devarim were softer than shemen, yet they were drawn swords.
T4TWhat he said was easy to listen to, like butter is easy to swallow [MET], but in his inner being he hated people; his words were soothing like olive oil, but they hurt people like sharp swords do [MET].