Proverbs 5:1-10 Parallel Bible Translations

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Bishops' Bible of 1568
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1 My sonne geue heede vnto my wisdome, and bowe thyne eare vnto my prudence: My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding, My son, pay attention to my wisdom, turn your ear to my words of insight,
2 That thou mayest regarde good counsell, and that thy lippes may kepe knowledge. that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge. that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
3 For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle: For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
4 But at the laste she is as bitter as wormewood, and as sharpe as a two edged sworde. but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.
5 Her feete go downe vnto death, and her steppes pearce thorowe vnto hell. Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol; Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
6 Perchaunce thou wylt ponder the path of her lyfe: so vnstedfast are her wayes that thou canst not know them. she does not ponder the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it. She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.
7 Heare me nowe therefore O ye chyldren, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth. And now, O sons, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth. Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.
8 Kepe thy way farre from her, & come not nigh the doores of her house. Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house, Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house,
9 That thou geue not thy honour vnto other, and thy yeres to the cruell: lest you give your honor to others and your years to the merciless, lest you lose your honor to others and your dignity to one who is cruel,
10 That other men be not filled with thy vertues, and that thy labours come not in a straunge house. lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of a foreigner, lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich the house of another.
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