Proverbs 5 · Verse 10

Proverbs 5:10

Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
Proverbs 5:10, King James Version

Proverbs 5:10 in other translations

BSBlest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
WEBlest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.
ASVLest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors be in the house of an alien,
YLTLest strangers be filled with thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,
DARBYlest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil come into the house of a stranger;
BBEAnd strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;
WebsterLest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors be in the house of a stranger;

What does Proverbs 5:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. wealth--literally, "strength," or the result of it. labours--the fruit of thy painful exertions (Psa 127:2). There may be a reference to slavery, a commuted punishment for death due the adulterer (De 22:22).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 5:1-14

Solomon cautions all young men, as his children, to abstain from fleshly lusts. Some, by the adulterous woman, here understand idolatry, false doctrine, which tends to lead astray men's minds and manners; but the direct view is to warn against seventh-commandment sins. Often these have been, and still are, Satan's method of drawing men from the worship of God into false religion. Consider how fatal the consequences…

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Proverbs 5:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

פֶּֽן\־pen-lestH6435
יִשְׂבְּע֣וּyis.be.'Uthey should be satisfiedH7646
זָרִ֣יםza.RimstrangersH2114
כֹּחֶ֑ךָko.Che.khastrength yourH3581
וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָva.'a.tza.Vei.khaand labor yourH6089
בְּבֵ֣יתbe.Veit[be] in [the] house ofH1004
נָכְרִֽי\׃na.khe.Ria foreignerH5237

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 5:10

  • 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.

  • Proverbs 6:35

    He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

  • Proverbs 31:3

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

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
strangers.
6:35; Ho 7:9; Lu 15:30
wealth. Heb. strength.
31:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 5:9

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

  • Proverbs 5:10

    Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

  • Proverbs 5:11

    And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

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Proverbs 5:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque no se harten los extraños de tu fuerza, y tus trabajos estén en casa del extraño;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		de peur que des étrangers ne se rassasient de ton bien, et que ton travail ne soit dans la maison d’un étranger;
German
Elberfelder 1871		damit nicht Fremde sich sättigen an deinem Vermögen, und dein mühsam Erworbenes nicht komme in eines Ausländers Haus;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ne forte impleantur extranei viribus tuis, et labores tui sint in domo aliena,