Proverbs 5:19–21
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19Let her be as the loving ehind and pleasant froe;
Let her gbreasts †hsatisfy thee at all times;
And †be thou ravished always with her love.
20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a istrange woman,
And embrace the bosom of a istranger?
Footnotes
- eCant. 2:7. & 3:5. & 8:14 (Heb.).
- fSee Ps. 104:18.
- gEzek. 23:3, 8, 21 (Heb.).
- †Heb. water thee. Isai. 16:9.
- hJe. 31:14 (Heb.).
- †Heb. err thou always in her love. Heb. as ver. 23. So ver. 20.
- iSee ch. 2:16.
- iSee ch. 2:16.
- jSo Ps. 119:168.
- kSee 2 Chr. 16:9. So Job 14:16. Hos. 7:2. Heb. 4:13.
- lver. 6.
- mSee Ps. 17:5.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
a lovely deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight;
be intoxicated always in her love.
Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman
and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?
For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the Lord,
and he ponders all his paths.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
A loving doe, a graceful deer—
may her breasts satisfy you always,
may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?
For your ways are in full view of the Lord,
and he examines all your paths.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
A loving deer, a graceful doe—
let her breasts always satisfy you;
be lost in her love forever.
Why, my son, would you lose yourself
with a forbidden woman
or embrace a wayward woman?
For a man’s ways are before the Lord’s eyes,
and he considers all his paths.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
She is a loving deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts satisfy you always.
May you always be captivated by her love.
Why be captivated, my son, by an immoral woman,
or fondle the breasts of a promiscuous woman?
For the Lord sees clearly what a man does,
examining every path he takes.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
She is a deer of love and a doe of grace;
may her breasts satisfy you always;
by her love may you be intoxicated continually.
Why should you be intoxicated, my child, by a strange woman,
and embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
For before the eyes of Yahweh are human ways,
and all his paths he examines.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press