Proverbs 5 Parallel Bible

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	STUDY Hebrew & Greek Study Bible	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	בְּ֭נִי לְחָכְמָתִ֣י הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה לִ֝תְבוּנָתִ֗י הַט־ אָזְנֶֽךָ׃	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	לִשְׁמֹ֥ר מְזִמּ֑וֹת וְ֝דַ֗עַת שְׂפָתֶ֥יךָ יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃	that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.	that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
3	כִּ֤י נֹ֣פֶת תִּ֭טֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵ֣י זָרָ֑ה וְחָלָ֖ק מִשֶּׁ֣מֶן חִכָּֽהּ׃	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	וְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָ֣ה כַֽלַּעֲנָ֑ה חַ֝דָּ֗ה כְּחֶ֣רֶב פִּיּֽוֹת׃	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	רַ֭גְלֶיהָ יֹרְד֣וֹת מָ֑וֶת שְׁ֝א֗וֹל צְעָדֶ֥יהָ יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃	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	אֹ֣רַח חַ֭יִּים פֶּן־ תְּפַלֵּ֑ס נָע֥וּ מַ֝עְגְּלֹתֶ֗יהָ לֹ֣א תֵדָֽע׃ פ	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	וְעַתָּ֣ה בָ֭נִים שִׁמְעוּ־ לִ֑י וְאַל־ תָּ֝ס֗וּרוּ מֵאִמְרֵי־ פִֽי׃	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	הַרְחֵ֣ק מֵעָלֶ֣יהָ דַרְכֶּ֑ךָ וְאַל־ תִּ֝קְרַ֗ב אֶל־ פֶּ֥תַח בֵּיתָֽהּ׃	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	פֶּן־ תִּתֵּ֣ן לַאֲחֵרִ֣ים הוֹדֶ֑ךָ וּ֝שְׁנֹתֶ֗יךָ לְאַכְזָרִֽי׃	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	פֶּֽן־ יִשְׂבְּע֣וּ זָרִ֣ים כֹּחֶ֑ךָ וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ בְּבֵ֣ית נָכְרִֽי׃	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	וְנָהַמְתָּ֥ בְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָ בִּכְל֥וֹת בְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗ וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃	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	וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗ אֵ֭יךְ שָׂנֵ֣אתִי מוּסָ֑ר וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַת נָאַ֥ץ לִבִּֽי׃	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	וְֽלֹא־ שָׁ֭מַעְתִּי בְּק֣וֹל מוֹרָ֑י וְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗י לֹא־ הִטִּ֥יתִי אָזְנִֽי׃	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	כִּ֭מְעַט הָיִ֣יתִי בְכָל־ רָ֑ע בְּת֖וֹךְ קָהָ֣ל וְעֵדָֽה׃	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	שְׁתֵה־ מַ֥יִם מִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָ וְ֝נֹזְלִ֗ים מִתּ֥וֹךְ בְּאֵרֶֽךָ׃	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	יָפ֣וּצוּ מַעְיְנֹתֶ֣יךָ ח֑וּצָה בָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹת פַּלְגֵי־ מָֽיִם׃	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	יִֽהְיוּ־ לְךָ֥ לְבַדֶּ֑ךָ וְאֵ֖ין לְזָרִ֣ים אִתָּֽךְ׃	Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you.	Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
18	יְהִֽי־ מְקוֹרְךָ֥ בָר֑וּךְ וּ֝שְׂמַ֗ח מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת נְעוּרֶֽךָ׃	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	אַיֶּ֥לֶת אֲהָבִ֗ים וְֽיַעֲלַ֫ת־ חֵ֥ן דַּ֭דֶּיהָ יְרַוֻּ֣ךָ בְכָל־ עֵ֑ת בְּ֝אַהֲבָתָ֗הּ תִּשְׁגֶּ֥ה תָמִֽיד׃	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	וְלָ֤מָּה תִשְׁגֶּ֣ה בְנִ֣י בְזָרָ֑ה וּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗ק חֵ֣ק נָכְרִיָּֽה׃	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	כִּ֤י נֹ֨כַח ׀ עֵינֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה דַּרְכֵי־ אִ֑ישׁ וְֽכָל־ מַעְגְּלֹתָ֥יו מְפַלֵּֽס׃	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	עַֽווֹנוֹתָ֗יו‪‬ יִלְכְּדֻנ֥וֹ אֶת־ הָרָשָׁ֑ע וּבְחַבְלֵ֥י חַ֝טָּאת֗וֹ יִתָּמֵֽךְ׃	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	ה֗וּא יָ֭מוּת בְּאֵ֣ין מוּסָ֑ר וּבְרֹ֖ב אִוַּלְתּ֣וֹ יִשְׁגֶּֽה׃ פ	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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