Proverbs 5:8–9
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5:8Keep yourself18 far19 from her,
and do not go near the door of her house,
5:9lest you give your vigor20 to others
and your years to a cruel person,
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- 18 Heb “your way.”
- 19 There is a contrast made between “keep far away” (הַרְחֵק, harkheq) and “do not draw near” (וְאַל־תִּקְרַב, vé’al-tiqrav).
- 20 The term הוֹד (hod, “vigor; splendor; majesty”) in this context means the best time of one’s life (cf. “your best strength”), the full manly vigor that will be wasted with licentiousness. Here it is paralleled by “years,” which refers to the best years of that vigor, the prime of life. Life would be ruined by living this way, or the revenge of the woman’s husband would cut it short.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Keep your way far from her,
and do not go near the door of her house,
lest you give your honor to others
and your years to the merciless,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Keep to a path far from her,
do not go near the door of her house,
lest you lose your honor to others
and your dignity to one who is cruel,
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Keep your way far from her.
Don’t go near the door of her house.
Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others
and your years to someone cruel;
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NLTNew Living Translation
Stay away from her!
Don’t go near the door of her house!
If you do, you will lose your honor
and will lose to merciless people all you have achieved.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Keep your paths far from her,
and do not go near to the door of her house,
lest you give your honor to the others,
and your years to the merciless,
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KJV 1900King James Version
Remove thy way far from her,
And come not nigh the door of her house:
Lest thou give thine honour unto others,
And thy years unto the cruel:
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