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Proverbs 5:17

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5:17Let them be for yourself37 alone,

and not for strangers with you.38

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  1. 37 The ל (lamed) preposition denotes possession: “for you” = “yours.” The term לְבַדֶּךָ (lévadekha) is appositional, underscoring the possession as exclusive.
  2. 38 The point is that what is private is not to be shared with strangers; it belongs in the home and in the marriage. The water from that cistern is not to be channeled to strangers or to the public.

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Let them be for yourself alone,

and not for strangers with you.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Let them be yours alone,

never to be shared with strangers.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They should be for you alone

and not for you to share with strangers.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

You should reserve it for yourselves.

Never share it with strangers.

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 they be yours alone,

and not for strangers who are with you.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Let them be only thine own,

And not strangers’ with thee.

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