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Proverbs 5

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    KJVMy son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
    WEBMy son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,
  2. 2
    KJVThat thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
    WEBthat you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.
  3. 3
    KJVFor the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
    WEBFor the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
  4. 4
    KJVBut her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
    WEBbut in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
  5. 5
    KJVHer feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
    WEBHer feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.
  6. 6
    KJVLest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
    WEBShe gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.
  7. 7
    KJVHear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
    WEBNow therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.
  8. 8
    KJVRemove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
    WEBRemove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,
  9. 9
    KJVLest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
    WEBlest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;
  10. 10
    KJVLest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
    WEBlest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.
  11. 11
    KJVAnd thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
    WEBYou will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,
  12. 12
    KJVAnd say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
    WEBand say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.
  13. 13
    KJVAnd have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
    WEBI haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
  14. 14
    KJVI was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
    WEBI have come to the brink of utter ruin, among the gathered assembly.”
  15. 15
    KJVDrink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
    WEBDrink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.
  16. 16
    KJVLet thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
    WEBShould your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?
  17. 17
    KJVLet them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
    WEBLet them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.
  18. 18
    KJVLet thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
    WEBLet your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
  19. 19
    KJVLet 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.
    WEBA loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
  20. 20
    KJVAnd why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
    WEBFor why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
  21. 21
    KJVFor the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
    WEBFor the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes. He examines all his paths.
  22. 22
    KJVHis own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
    WEBThe evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
  23. 23
    KJVHe shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
    WEBHe will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.
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