Proverbs 5 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 My son, attend to my wisdom, and apply thine ear to my words; 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 keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives thee a charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman; that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge. that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
3 for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases thy palate: 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 afterwards thou wilt find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than 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 For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established. 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 For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known. 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 Now then, my son, hear me, and make not my words of none effect. 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 Remove thy way far from her; draw not near to the doors 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 lest thou give away thy life to others, and thy substance to the merciless: 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 lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers; 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 repent at last, when the flesh of thy body is consumed, 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 thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs! 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 heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, neither did I apply mine ear. 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 in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. 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 waters out of thine own vessels, and out of thine own springing wells. 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 not waters out of thy fountain be spilt by thee, but let thy waters go into thy 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 Let them be only thine own, and let no stranger partake 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 fountain of water be truly thine own; and rejoice 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 thy loving hart and thy graceful colt company with thee, and let her be considered thine own, and be with thee at all times; for ravished with her love thou shalt be greatly increased. 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 Be not intimate with a strange woman, neither fold thyself in the arms of a woman not thine own. 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 a man are before the eyes of God, and he looks on 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 Iniquities ensnare a man, and every one is bound in the chains of his own sins. 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 Such a man dies with the uninstructed; and he is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance, and has perished through folly. 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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