Proverbs 5:20
“And why wilt thou, my sonne, be rauisht with a strange woman, and imbrace the bosome of a stranger?”
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Proverbs 5:20 Context
18Let thy fountaine be blessed: and reioyce with the wife of thy youth. 19Let her bee as the louing Hinde and pleasant Roe, let her breasts satisfie thee at all times, and be thou rauisht alwayes with her loue. 20And why wilt thou, my sonne, be rauisht with a strange woman, and imbrace the bosome of a stranger? 21For the wayes of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings. 22¶ His owne iniquities shall take the wicked himselfe, and he shall be holden with the coards of his sinnes.
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And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
- King James Version
For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?
- Basic English Bible
And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
- Darby Bible
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
- Webster's Bible
For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
- World English Bible
And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version
For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?
- Basic English Bible
And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
- Darby Bible
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
- Webster's Bible
For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
- World English Bible
And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible