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| Proverbs 5:1 | My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding: | My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching: | My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding: | My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thy ear to my prudence. |
| Proverbs 5:2 | That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge. | So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge. | That you may maintain discretion, That your lips may preserve knowledge. | That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman. |
| Proverbs 5:3 | For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil: | For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil; | For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil, | For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil. |
| Proverbs 5:4 | But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. | But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword; | But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, And as sharp as a two-edged sword. | But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword. |
| Proverbs 5:5 | Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol; | Her feet go down to death, and her steps to the underworld; | Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol. | Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell. |
| Proverbs 5:6 | So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not. | She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge. | She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it. | They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable. |
| Proverbs 5:7 | Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth. | Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you. | Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth. | Now therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth. |
| Proverbs 5:8 | Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house; | Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house; | Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house, | Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house. |
| Proverbs 5:9 | Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel; | For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men: | Lest you give your honor to others, And your years to the cruel one; | Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel. |
| Proverbs 5:10 | Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien, | And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others; | Lest strangers feast on your wealth, And your labors enrich another man's house. | Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man's house, |
| Proverbs 5:11 | And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed, | And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted; | You will groan at your latter end, When your flesh and your body are consumed, | And thou mourn it the last, when thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy body, and say: |
| Proverbs 5:12 | And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; | And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training; | And say, "How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; | Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof, |
| Proverbs 5:13 | Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! | I did not give attention to the voice of my teachers, my ear was not turned to those who were guiding me! | Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor turned my ear to those who instructed me! | And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not in- dined my ear to masters? |
| Proverbs 5:14 | I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation. | I was in almost all evil in the company of the people. | I have come to the brink of utter ruin, In the midst of the gathered assembly." | I have almost been in all evil, in the midst of the church and of the congregation. |
| Proverbs 5:15 | Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well. | Let water from your store and not that of others be your drink, and running water from your fountain. | Drink water out of your own cistern, Running water out of your own well. | Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well: |
| Proverbs 5:16 | Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets? | Let not your springs be flowing in the streets, or your streams of water in the open places. | Should your springs overflow in the streets, Streams of water in the public squares? | Let thy fountains be conveyed abroad, and in the streets divide thy waters. |
| Proverbs 5:17 | Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee. | Let them be for yourself only, not for other men with you. | Let them be for yourself alone, Not for strangers with you. | Keep them to thyself alone, neither let strangers be partakers with thee. |
| Proverbs 5:18 | Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. | Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years. | Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. | Let thy vein be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth: |
| Proverbs 5:19 | [As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love. | As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love. | A loving hind and a pleasant doe Let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love. | Let her be thy dearest hind, and most agreeable fawn: let her breasts inebriate thee at all times; he thou delighted continually with her love. |
| Proverbs 5:20 | For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner? | Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms? | For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another? | Why art thou seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and art cherished in the bosom of another ? |
| Proverbs 5:21 | For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths. | For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales. | For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths. | The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps. |
| Proverbs 5:22 | His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. | The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin. | The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly. | His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins. |
| Proverbs 5:23 | He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. | He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way. | He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray. | He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived. |
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