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Proverbs 5:9

lest you give your honor to others

and your years to the merciless,

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Proverbs 5:9 — The New International Version (NIV)

lest you lose your honor to others

and your dignity to one who is cruel,

Proverbs 5:9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Lest thou give thine honour unto others,

And thy years unto the cruel:

Proverbs 5:9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

If you do, you will lose your honor

and will lose to merciless people all you have achieved.

Proverbs 5:9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Lest you give your honor to others,

And your years to the cruel one;

Proverbs 5:9 — New Century Version (NCV)

or you will give your riches to others,

and the best years of your life will be given to someone cruel.

Proverbs 5:9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Lest thou give thine honor unto others,

And thy years unto the cruel;

Proverbs 5:9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;

Proverbs 5:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Either you will surrender your reputation to others 

and ⸤the rest of⸥ your years to some cruel person, 

Proverbs 5:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others

and your years to someone cruel;

Proverbs 5:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

or you will give your honor to others,

and your years to the merciless,

Proverbs 5:9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

lest you give your honor to the others,

and your years to the merciless,

Proverbs 5:9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

If you do, you will give your best strength to others.

You will give the best years of your life to someone who is mean.

Proverbs 5:9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Or you will give your vigor to others

And your years to the cruel one;


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