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Proverbs 5:19–21

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19fAs a loving deer and a graceful doe,

Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;

And always be 8enraptured with her love.

20For why should you, my son, be enraptured by gan immoral woman,

And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?

21hFor the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord,

And He 9ponders all his paths.

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Footnotes

  1. 8Lit. intoxicated
  2. 9observes, lit. weighs

Cross references

  1. fSong 2:9
  2. gProv. 2:16
  3. h2 Chr. 16:9; Job 31:4; 34:21; Prov. 15:3; Jer. 16:17; 32:19; Hos. 7:2; Heb. 4:13

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?

For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the Lord,

and he ponders all his paths.

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?

For your ways are in full view of the Lord,

and he examines all your paths.

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?

For a man’s ways are before the Lord’s eyes,

and he considers all his paths.

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?

For the Lord sees clearly what a man does,

examining every path he takes.

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?

For before the eyes of Yahweh are human ways,

and all his paths he examines.

KJV 1900King James Version

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe;

Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times;

And be thou ravished always with her love.

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman,

And embrace the bosom of a stranger?

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord,

And he pondereth all his goings.