Proverbs 5:15-23 Parallel Bible Translations

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15 Drinke of the water of thyne owne well, and of the riuers that runne out of thyne owne spring. Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.
16 Let thy welles flowe out abrode, that there may be riuers of waters in the streates: Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets? Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
17 But let them be onlye thyne owne, and not straungers with thee. Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
18 Let thy well be blessed, and be glad with the wyfe of thy youth. Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19 Let her be as the louyng Hinde and pleasaunt Roe: let her breastes alway satisfie thee, and holde thee euer content with her loue. a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love. A loving doe, a graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
20 Why wylt thou my sonne haue pleasure in a straunge woman, and embrace the bosome of a straunger? Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress? Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?
21 For euery mans wayes are open in the sight of the Lord, and he pondereth all their goynges. For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths. For your ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all your paths.
22 The wickednes of the vngodly shall catche him selfe, and with the snares of his owne sinne shall he be trapped. The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin. The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast.
23 He shall dye without amendement, and for his great foolishnes he shall go astray. He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray. For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly.
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