Proverbs 5 · Verse 19

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 5:19, King James Version

Proverbs 5:19 in other translations

BSBA loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
WEBA loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
ASVAs a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.
YLTA hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.
DARBYAs a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.
BBEAs a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.
WebsterLet 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.

What does Proverbs 5:19 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."

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 The loving hind and pleasant roe - By אילת aiyeleth, the deer; by יעלה yaalah, the ibex or mountain goat, may be meant. Let her breasts satisfy thee - As the infant is satisfied with the breasts of its mother; so shouldst thou be with the wife of thy youth.

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…

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Proverbs 5:19 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.

אַיֶּ֥לֶת'ai.Ye.leta doe ofH355
אֲהָבִ֗ים'a.ha.VimlovesH158
וְֽיַעֲלַ֫ת\־ve.ya.'a.Lat-and a goat ofH3280
חֵ֥ןchengraceH2580
דַּ֭דֶּיהָDa.dei.habreasts herH1717
יְרַוֻּ֣ךָye.ra.Vu.khamay they satisfy youH7301
בְכָל\־ve.khol-at everyH3605
עֵ֑ת'EttimeH6256
בְּ֝אַהֲבָתָ֗הּbe.'a.ha.va.Tahby love herH160
תִּשְׁגֶּ֥הtish.Gehmay you be intoxicatedH7686
תָמִֽיד\׃ta.MidcontinuallyH8548

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

Cross references for Proverbs 5:19

  • Song of Solomon 7:3

    Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

  • Song of Solomon 4:5

    Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

  • Song of Solomon 8:14

    Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

  • Song of Solomon 2:9

    My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

  • Proverbs 5:15

    Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

  • Song of Solomon 2:17

    Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

  • 2 Samuel 12:4

    And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as the.
So 2:9; 4:5; 7:3; 8:14
satisfy thee. Heb. water thee.
5:15
be thou ravished always with her love. Heb. err thou alwaysin her love.
2Sa 12:4

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

Context

  • 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 5:20

    And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

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Proverbs 5:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Como cierva amada y graciosa corza, sus pechos te satisfagan en todo tiempo; y en su amor recréate siempre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		biche des amours, et chevrette pleine de grâce; que ses seins t’enivrent en tout temps; sois continuellement épris de son amour.
German
Elberfelder 1871		die liebliche Hindin und anmutige Gemse-ihre Brüste mögen dich berauschen zu aller Zeit, taumle stets in ihrer Liebe.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cerva carissima, et gratissimus hinnulus: ubera ejus inebrient te in omni tempore; in amore ejus delectare jugiter.