Proverbs 5:18
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Proverbs 5:18 in other translations
| BSB | May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth: |
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| WEB | Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your 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, |
| DARBY | Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth. |
| BBE | Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years. |
| Webster | Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. |
What does Proverbs 5:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 5:15-20
15-20. By figures, in which well, cistern, and fountain [Pr 5:15, 18] represent the wife, and rivers of waters [Pr 5:16] the children, men are exhorted to constancy and satisfaction in lawful conjugal enjoyments. In Pr 5:16, fountains (in the plural) rather denote the produce or waters of a spring, literally, "what is from a spring," and corresponds with "rivers of waters."
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 5:15-23
Lawful marriage is a means God has appointed to keep from these destructive vices. But we are not properly united, except as we attend to God's word, seeking his direction and blessing, and acting with affection. Ever remember, that though secret sins may escape the eyes of our fellow-creatures, yet a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, who not only sees, but ponders all his goings. Those who are so foolish…
Proverbs 5:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 5:18
- Ecclesiastes 9:9
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
- Malachi 2:14-15
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
- Song of Solomon 4:15
A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
- Song of Solomon 4:12
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
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Context
- Proverbs 5:17
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
- Proverbs 5:18
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
- Proverbs 5:19
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.
Proverbs 5:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sea bendito tu manantial; y alégrate con la mujer de tu mocedad. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Que ta source soit bénie, et réjouis-toi de la femme de ta jeunesse, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Deine Quelle sei gesegnet, und erfreue dich an dem Weibe deiner Jugend; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sit vena tua benedicta, et lætare cum muliere adolescentiæ tuæ. |