Proverbs 5:18-23 Parallel Bible Translations

Proverbs 5:18-23 ▼
swipe to see more →
JPS
JPS Tanakh 1917
ESV
English Standard Version
NIV
New International Version
+Add
18 Let thy fountain be blessed; And have joy of 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 A lovely hind and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; With her love be thou ravished always. 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 then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of an alien? 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 ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He maketh even all his paths. 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 own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his 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 shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall reel. 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.
Show Entire Chapter
Previous chapter
Top of Page
Top of Page