Proverbs 5:20
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Proverbs 5:20 in other translations
| BSB | Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger? |
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| WEB | For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another? |
| 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? |
| DARBY | And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? |
| BBE | Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms? |
| Webster | And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? |
What does Proverbs 5:20 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."
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 5:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 5:20
- Proverbs 7:5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
- Proverbs 6:24
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
- Proverbs 23:27-28
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
- 1 Kings 11:1
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
- Proverbs 23:33
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
- Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.
- Proverbs 2:16-19
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
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Context
- 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?
- Proverbs 5:21
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
Proverbs 5:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Y por qué, hijo mío, andarás ciego con la ajena, y abrazarás el seno de la extraña? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et pourquoi, mon fils, serais-tu épris d’une étrangère, et embrasserais-tu le sein de l’étrangère? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und warum solltest du, mein Sohn, an einer Fremden taumeln, und den Busen einer Fremden umarmen? - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quare seduceris, fili mi, ab aliena, et foveris in sinu alterius? |