Proverbs 5 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, & incline thine eare vnto my knowledge. 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 maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue 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 strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft 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 the end of her is bitter as wormewood, and 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 goe downe to death, and her steps take holde on 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 She weigheth not the way of life: her paths are moueable: thou canst not knowe 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 yee me nowe therefore, O children, 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 Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore 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 Least thou giue thine honor vnto others, and thy yeeres 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 Least the stranger should be silled with thy strength, and thy labours bee in the house of a stranger, 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.
11 And thou mourne at thine end, (when thou hast consumed thy flesh and thy bodie) and at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed, At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.
12 And say, How haue I hated instruction, and mine heart despised correction! and you say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof! You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!
13 And haue not obeied the voyce of them that taught mee, nor enclined mine eare to them that instructed me! I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors. I would not obey my teachers or turn my ear to my instructors.
14 I was almost brought into all euil in ye mids of the Congregation and assemblie. I am at the brink of utter ruin in the assembled congregation.” And I was soon in serious trouble in the assembly of God’s people.”
15 Drinke the water of thy cisterne, and of the riuers out of the middes of thine owne well. 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 fountaines flow foorth, and the riuers of waters in the streetes. 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 bee thine, euen thine onely, and not the strangers 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 fountaine be blessed, and reioyce with the wife 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 louing hinde and pleasant roe: let her brests satisfie thee at all times, and delite in her loue continually. 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 For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger? 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 the waies of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his pathes. 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 His owne iniquities shall take the wicked himselfe, and he shall be holden with the cordes of his owne sinne. 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 Hee shall die for faute of instruction, and shall goe astraie through his great follie. 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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