Proverbs 31:3
Strong's Lexicon
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference) 1a) do not, let not (with a verb) 1b) let there not be (with a verb understood) 1c) not, no (with substantive) 1d) nothing (as substantive)

spend
תִּתֵּ֣ן (tit·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon

your strength
חֵילֶ֑ךָ (ḥê·le·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2428: 1) strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army 1a) strength 1b) ability, efficiency 1c) wealth 1d) force, army

on women
לַנָּשִׁ֣ים (lan·nā·šîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 802: 1) woman, wife, female 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun)

or your vigor
וּ֝דְרָכֶ֗יךָ (ū·ḏə·rā·ḵe·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

on those who ruin
לַֽמְח֥וֹת (lam·ḥō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 4229: 1) to wipe, wipe out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wipe 1a2) to blot out, obliterate 1a3) to blot out, exterminate 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be wiped out 1b2) to be blotted out 1b3) to be exterminated 1c) (Hiphil) to blot out (from memory) 2) (Qal) to strike 3) (Pual) full of marrow (participle)

kings.
מְלָכִֽין׃ (mə·lā·ḵîn)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4428: 1) king

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.

Young's Literal Translation
Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don’t spend your energy on women or your efforts on those who destroy kings.

New American Standard Bible
Do not give your strength to women, Or your ways to that which destroys kings.

King James Bible
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings.

New Living Translation
do not waste your strength on women, on those who ruin kings.

English Standard Version
Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings.

New American Standard Bible
Do not give your strength to women, Or your ways to that which destroys kings.

King James Bible
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don't spend your energy on women or your efforts on those who destroy kings.

International Standard Version
Never devote all your energy to sex, or dedicate your life to destroying kings.

NET Bible
Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which ruins kings.

American Standard Version
Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

English Revised Version
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

Young's Literal Translation
Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings.
















Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:17
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

1 Kings 11:1
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

Nehemiah 13:26
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

Proverbs 5:9
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 31:2
What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?

Proverbs 31:1
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.

Proverbs 30:33
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

Proverbs 31:4
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

Proverbs 31:5
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
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