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Proverbs 5:19–20

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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?

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Footnotes

  1. eCant. 2:7. & 3:5. & 8:14 (Heb.).
  2. fSee Ps. 104:18.
  3. gEzek. 23:3, 8, 21 (Heb.).
  4. †Heb. water thee. Isai. 16:9.
  5. hJe. 31:14 (Heb.).
  6. †Heb. err thou always in her love. Heb. as ver. 23. So ver. 20.
  7. iSee ch. 2:16.
  8. iSee ch. 2:16.

In other versions

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?