NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And why wilt thou my sonben (bane) a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc. be ravished shagah (shaw-gaw') to (cause to) go astray, deceive, err, be ravished, sin through ignorance, (let, make to) wander. with a strange woman zuwr (zoor) to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery and embrace chabaq (khaw-bak') to clasp (the hands or in embrace) -- embrace, fold.; the bosom cheyq (khake) the bosom -- bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within. of a stranger nokriy (nok-ree') strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful) -- alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman). Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress And embrace the bosom of a foreigner? King James Bible And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? Holman Christian Standard Bible Why, my son, would you be infatuated with a forbidden woman or embrace the breast of a stranger? International Standard Version Why should you be intoxicated by an adulteress, my son, and embrace the bosom of a foreign woman? NET Bible But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Do not go astray, my son, with an estranged woman, neither embrace the bosom of an estranged woman. GOD'S WORD® Translation Why should you, my son, be intoxicated with an adulterous woman and fondle a loose woman's breast? King James 2000 Bible And why will you, my son, be infatuated with an immoral woman, and embrace the bosom of a seductress? Links Proverbs 5:20Proverbs 5:20 NIV Proverbs 5:20 NLT Proverbs 5:20 ESV Proverbs 5:20 NASB Proverbs 5:20 KJV |