“My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Lend your ear to my understanding”
Proverbs 5
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Brian Long14
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Devern Fromke11
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Zac Poonen10
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1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
“My son, give attention to my wisdom. Incline your ear to my understanding,”
“My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Lend your ear to my understanding”
“My son, give attention to my wisdom. Incline your ear to my understanding.”
“My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Lend your ear to my understanding”
“my son, give attention to my wisdom. Incline your ear to my understanding.”
2that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
“that you may preserve discretion and your lips may keep knowledge.”
“That thou mayest regard discretion and that thy lips may keep knowledge.”
“That you may observe discretion and your lips may reserve knowledge.”
“that you may preserve discretion and your lips may keep knowledge”
“that you may observe discretion, and your lips may reserve knowledge.”
“that thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.”
3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
“For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey and her mouth is smoother than oil.”
“For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. And smoother than oil is her speech.”
“for the lips of an immoral woman drip honey and her mouth is smoother than oil.”
“For the lip of an adulteress drips honey and smoother than oil is her speech.”
“the lips of an immoral woman drip honey and her mouth is smoother than oil.”
“For the lips of a strange woman drop as a honeycomb and her mouth is smoother than oil,”
4in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-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 wormwood, sharp as a two edged sword.”
“But in the end, she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two -edged sword.”
“But in the end, she's bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two -edged sword.”
“but in the end she's bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two -edged sword,”
“in the end the bait is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two -edged sword.”
5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
“Her feet go down to death. Her steps take hold on hell.”
“Her feet go down to death, her steps lay hold of hell.”
“Her feet go down to death. Her steps take hold on hell.”
“Her feet go down to death. Her steps lay hold of hell”
“Her feet go down to death, her steps lay hold of hell”
“Her feet go down to death. Her steps lay hold of hell.”
6She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
“Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life. Her ways are movable that thou canst not know them.”
“She does not ponder the path of life. Her ways are unstable. She does not know it.”
“Lest you ponder her path of life. Her ways are unstable. You do not know them.”
“Lest you ponder her path of life, her ways are unstable, and you do not know them.”
“lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life. Her ways are movable, that thou canst not know them.”
“lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life who ways are movable that thou canst not know them.”
7So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
“Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.”
“Therefore, hear me now, my children, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.”
“Now then, my son, listen to me and do not depart from the words of my mouth.”
“Now then my sons listen to me and do not depart from the words of my mouth.”
“Hear me now, therefore, all ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.”
8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
“Remove thy way far from her and come not nigh the door of her house.”
“Keep your way far from her and do not go near the door of her house.”
“Remove your way far from her and do not go near the door of her house.”
“Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house.”
“Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house,”
“Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh to the door of her house.”
9lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
“Lest you give your honor to others and your years to the cruel one.”
“Lest you give your honor to others and your years to the cruel one.”
“lest thou give thine honor unto others, and thy years unto the cruel.”
10lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
“Lest aliens be filled with your wealth and your labors go to the house of a foreigner.”
“Lest aliens be filled with your wealth and your labors go to the house of a foreigner”
“Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and thy labors be in the house of a stranger,”
11At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
“and you mourn at last when your flesh and your body are consumed”
“and you mourn at last when your flesh and your body are consumed”
“and thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,”
“At the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed.”
“And you groan at your latter end when your flesh and your body are consumed.”
12and you will say, "How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
“and say how have I hated instruction and my heart despised reproof.”
“And you say, how I hated discipline and my heart despised reproof.”
“And you say, how have I hated instruction and my heart despised reproof?”
“and say, How have I hated instruction? And my heart despised reproofs.”
“and you say, how I have hated instruction and my heart despised correction.”
13I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.
“and have not obeyed the voice of my teachers nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me.”
“I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors.”
“I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me.”
14I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly."
“I was almost in all evil, in the midst of the congregation and assembly.”
“I was almost in utter ruin. In the midst of the assembly and congregation”
“I was on the verge of total ruin in the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
“I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation assembly.”
15Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
“Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well.”
“Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.”
“Drink water from your own sister and fresh water from your own well.”
“Drink water from your own cistern. Running water from your own well.”
16Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
“should your fountains be dispersed abroad streams of water in the streets?”
“Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.”
“Should your springs be dispersed abroad and streams of water in the streets,”
“lest thy fountains actually be dispersed abroad and the rivers of water in the streets.”
“Let your fountains be dispersed abroad. And rivers of waters in the streets.”
17Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
“let them be yours alone and not for strangers with you.”
“Let them be only thine own, and not strangers with thee.”
“Let the moon be only thine own and not strangers with thee.”
18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
“Let your fountain be blessed and rejoice with the wife of your youth.”
“Let thy fountain be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.”
“Let your fountain be blessed and rejoice with the wife of your youth.”
“let thy fountain be blessed and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.”
“Let thy fountain be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.”
“Let your fountain of life be blessed and rejoice with the wife of your youth.”
19A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
“Let her be as the loving hind, and pleasant roe. Let her breast satisfy thee at all times, and be thou ravished always with her love.”
“As a loving deer in a graceful doe, let her breast satisfy you at all times and always be enraptured with her love.”
“as a loving hind and a graceful doll that her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be exhilarated always with her love.”
20Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
“And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?”
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“And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?”
“For why should you, my son, be enraptured by an immoral woman and embraced in the arms of a seductress?”
21For a man's ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
“For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord and he pondereth all his goings.”
“For the ways of men are before the eyes of the Lord and he ponders all his paths.”
“For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the Lord. And he watches all his paths.”
“For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and He pondereth all his goings.”
“for the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord and he ponders all of his”
“a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and He ponders all His paths.”
22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
“his own iniquities shall take the wicked himself. And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.”
“His own iniquity shall take the wicked himself and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.”
“his own iniquity shall take the wicked himself and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.”
“His own iniquity shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.”
23He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
“He shall die for lack of instruction and in the greatness of his folly He shall go astray.”
“He shall die without instruction and in the greatness of his folly. He shall go astray.”
“He will die for lack of instruction. And in the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.”
“He will die without instruction. And in the greatness of his folly, he shall go astray.”
“he shall die without Instruction and in the greatness of his folly shall he go astray.”