Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich the house of another. New Living Translation Strangers will consume your wealth, and someone else will enjoy the fruit of your labor. English Standard Version lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of a foreigner, Berean Standard Bible lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner. King James Bible Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; New King James Version Lest aliens be filled with your wealth, And your labors go to the house of a foreigner; New American Standard Bible And strangers will be filled with your strength, And your hard-earned possessions will go to the house of a foreigner; NASB 1995 And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien; NASB 1977 Lest strangers be filled with your strength, And your hard-earned goods go to the house of an alien; Legacy Standard Bible Lest strangers be satisfied by your strength And by your painful labor, those in the house of a foreigner; Amplified Bible And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned wealth will go to the house of a foreigner [who does not know God]; Christian Standard Bible strangers will drain your resources, and your hard-earned pay will end up in a foreigner’s house. Holman Christian Standard Bible strangers will drain your resources, and your earnings will end up in a foreigner’s house. American Standard Version Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors be in the house of an alien, Contemporary English Version Strangers will get your money and everything else you have worked for. English Revised Version Lest strangers be filled with thy strength; and thy labours be in the house of an alien; GOD'S WORD® Translation or strangers will benefit from your strength and you will have to work hard in a pagan's house. Good News Translation Yes, strangers will take all your wealth, and what you have worked for will belong to someone else. International Standard Version so that strangers don't enrich themselves at your expense, and your work won't end up the possession of foreigners. Majority Standard Bible lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner. NET Bible lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man's house. New Heart English Bible lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house. Webster's Bible Translation Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors be in the house of a stranger; World English Bible lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionLest strangers be filled [with] your power, "" And your labors in the house of a stranger, Young's Literal Translation Lest strangers be filled with thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger, Smith's Literal Translation Lest strangers shall be filled with thy strength, and thy labors in the house of strangers; Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleLest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man's house, Catholic Public Domain Version Otherwise, outsiders may be filled with your strength, and your labors may be in a foreign house, New American Bible Lest outsiders take their fill of your wealth, and your hard-won earnings go to another’s house; New Revised Standard Version and strangers will take their fill of your wealth, and your labors will go to the house of an alien; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleLest strangers be filled with your wealth, and your labors be in the house of strangers; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And foreigners will be filled with your power and your labor enter into the house of strangers OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labours be in the house of an alien; Brenton Septuagint Translation lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Avoiding Immorality…9lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel; 10lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner. 11At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,… Cross References Deuteronomy 28:33 A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed. Ecclesiastes 6:2 God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction. Isaiah 1:7 Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers. Jeremiah 5:17 They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.” Hosea 7:9 Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know. Micah 6:14 You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword. Haggai 1:6 You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.” Malachi 2:2 If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart. Job 20:15 He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach. Psalm 109:11 May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor. Matthew 6:19-20 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. Luke 12:20-21 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’ / This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.” Luke 15:13-14 After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living. / After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need. John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness. Romans 13:13-14 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. / Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh. Treasury of Scripture Lest strangers be filled with your wealth; and your labors be in the house of a stranger; strangers Proverbs 6:35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. Hosea 7:9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. Luke 15:30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. wealth Proverbs 31:3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. Jump to Previous Alien Enrich Feast Fill Filled Fruit Fruits Full Goods House Others Strange Stranger Strangers Strength Toil Wealth WorkJump to Next Alien Enrich Feast Fill Filled Fruit Fruits Full Goods House Others Strange Stranger Strangers Strength Toil Wealth WorkProverbs 5 1. Solomon exhorts to wisdom3. He shows the mischief of unfaithfulness and riot 15. He exhorts to contentedness, generosity, and chastity 22. The wicked are overtaken with their own sins lest strangers feast on your wealth The word "strangers" in this context refers to those who are outside the covenant community of Israel, often seen as those who do not share the same values or faith. The Hebrew root for "strangers" is "zār," which can imply someone who is alien or foreign. In the historical context of ancient Israel, wealth was not just material but also included one's family, reputation, and spiritual heritage. The warning here is against the squandering of God-given resources and blessings through unwise or immoral living, which can lead to outsiders benefiting from what was meant to be a blessing for the covenant community. This serves as a caution to maintain fidelity to God's commandments to ensure that one's resources are used for God's glory and the benefit of His people. and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew lestפֶּֽן־ (pen-) Conjunction Strong's 6435: Removal, lest strangers זָרִ֣ים (zā·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 2114: To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery feast יִשְׂבְּע֣וּ (yiś·bə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited on your wealth, כֹּחֶ֑ךָ (kō·ḥe·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species) and your labors וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ (wa·‘ă·ṣā·ḇe·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6089: An earthen vessel, toil, a pang [enrich] the house בְּבֵ֣ית (bə·ḇêṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of a foreigner. נָכְרִֽי׃ (nā·ḵə·rî) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5237: Foreign, alien Links Proverbs 5:10 NIVProverbs 5:10 NLT Proverbs 5:10 ESV Proverbs 5:10 NASB Proverbs 5:10 KJV Proverbs 5:10 BibleApps.com Proverbs 5:10 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 5:10 Chinese Bible Proverbs 5:10 French Bible Proverbs 5:10 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 5:10 Lest strangers feast on your wealth (Prov. 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