Proverbs 5:18-23 Parallel Bible Translations

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	STUDY Hebrew & Greek Study Bible	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
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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