Proverbs 5:18–20
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18Let thy zfountain be blessed:
And crejoice with dthe wife of thy youth.
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?
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- zSo ver. 18. Comp. ch. 9:17. Cant. 4:12. Ecclus. 26:19–21.
- cSo Deut. 24:5.
- dMal. 2:14. So Ps. 127:4 (Heb.).
- 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.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Let your fountain be blessed,
and rejoice in the wife of your youth,
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?
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
May your fountain be blessed,
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
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?
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Let your fountain be blessed,
and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.
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?
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you.
Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
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?
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
May your fountain be blessed,
and rejoice in the wife of your youth.
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?
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press