# Proverbs 5 ## Proverbs 5:1 - [KJV] My son, attend unto my wisdom, *and* bow thine ear to my understanding: - [ASV] My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding: - [YLT] My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear, ### Notes on Proverbs 5:1 - ## Proverbs 5:2 - [KJV] That thou mayest regard discretion, and *that* thy lips may keep knowledge. - [ASV] That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge. - [YLT] To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep. ### Notes on Proverbs 5:2 - ## Proverbs 5:3 - [KJV] For the lips of a strange woman drop *as* an honeycomb, and her mouth *is* smoother than oil: - [ASV] For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil: - [YLT] For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil *is* her mouth, ### Notes on Proverbs 5:3 - ## Proverbs 5:4 - [KJV] But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. - [ASV] But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. - [YLT] And her latter end *is* bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword *with* mouths. ### Notes on Proverbs 5:4 - ## Proverbs 5:5 - [KJV] Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. - [ASV] Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol; - [YLT] Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of. ### Notes on Proverbs 5:5 - ## Proverbs 5:6 - [KJV] Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, *that* thou canst not know *them*. - [ASV] So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, *and* she knoweth *it* not. - [YLT] The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not. ### Notes on Proverbs 5:6 - ## Proverbs 5:7 - [KJV] Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. - [ASV] Now therefore, *my* sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth. - [YLT] And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth. ### Notes on Proverbs 5:7 - ## Proverbs 5:8 - [KJV] Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: - [ASV] Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house; - [YLT] Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house, ### Notes on Proverbs 5:8 - ## Proverbs 5:9 - [KJV] Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: - [ASV] Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel; - [YLT] Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce, ### Notes on Proverbs 5:9 - ## Proverbs 5:10 - [KJV] Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours *be* in the house of a stranger; - [ASV] Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors *be* in the house of an alien, - [YLT] Lest strangers be filled *with* thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger, ### Notes on Proverbs 5:10 - ## Proverbs 5:11 - [KJV] And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, - [ASV] And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed, - [YLT] And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food, ### Notes on Proverbs 5:11 - ## Proverbs 5:12 - [KJV] And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; - [ASV] And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; - [YLT] And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised, ### Notes on Proverbs 5:12 - ## Proverbs 5:13 - [KJV] And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! - [ASV] Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! - [YLT] And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear. ### Notes on Proverbs 5:13 - ## Proverbs 5:14 - [KJV] I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. - [ASV] I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation. - [YLT] As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company. ### Notes on Proverbs 5:14 - ## Proverbs 5:15 - [KJV] Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. - [ASV] Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well. - [YLT] Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well. ### Notes on Proverbs 5:15 - ## Proverbs 5:16 - [KJV] Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, *and* rivers of waters in the streets. - [ASV] Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets? - [YLT] Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters. ### Notes on Proverbs 5:16 - ## Proverbs 5:17 - [KJV] Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. - [ASV] Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee. - [YLT] Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee. ### Notes on Proverbs 5:17 - ## Proverbs 5:18 - [KJV] Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. - [ASV] Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. - [YLT] Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth, ### Notes on Proverbs 5:18 - ## Proverbs 5:19 - [KJV] *Let her be as* the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. - [ASV] *As* a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love. - [YLT] A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually. ### Notes on Proverbs 5:19 - ## Proverbs 5:20 - [KJV] And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? - [ASV] For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner? - [YLT] And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman? ### Notes on Proverbs 5:20 - ## Proverbs 5:21 - [KJV] For the ways of man *are* before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. - [ASV] For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths. - [YLT] For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering. ### Notes on Proverbs 5:21 - ## Proverbs 5:22 - [KJV] His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. - [ASV] His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. - [YLT] His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden. ### Notes on Proverbs 5:22 - ## Proverbs 5:23 - [KJV] He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. - [ASV] He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. - [YLT] He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself! ### Notes on Proverbs 5:23 -