Proverbs 5 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Open your ears to my understanding 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 so that you may act with foresight and speak with insight. that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge. that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
3 The lips of an adulterous woman drip with honey. Her kiss is smoother than oil, 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 in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, as sharp as a two-edged sword. 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 feet descend to death. Her steps lead straight to 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 doesn't even think about the path of life. Her steps wander, and she doesn't realize it. 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 But now, sons, listen to me, and do not turn away from what I say to you. 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 Stay far away from her. Do not even go near her door. 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 Either you will surrender your reputation to others and [the rest of] your years to some cruel person, 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 or strangers will benefit from your strength and you will have to work hard in a pagan's 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.
11 Then you will groan when your end comes, when your body and flesh are consumed. You will say, 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 |Oh, how I hated discipline! How my 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 I didn't listen to what my teachers said to me, nor did I keep my ear open to my instructors. 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 almost reached total ruin in the assembly and in the congregation.| 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 Drink water out of your own cistern and running water from your own 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 Why should water flow out of your spring? Why should your streams flow into the streets? 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 They should be yours alone, so do not share them with strangers. 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 your own fountain be blessed, and enjoy the girl you married when you were young, 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 a loving doe and a graceful deer. Always let her breasts satisfy you. Always be intoxicated with her love. 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 should you, my son, be intoxicated with an adulterous woman and fondle a loose woman's breast? 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 Each person's ways are clearly seen by the LORD, and he surveys all his actions. 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 A wicked person will be trapped by his own wrongs, and he will be caught in the ropes of his own sin. 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 will die for his lack of discipline and stumble around because of his great stupidity. 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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