Proverbs 5:1

AMP: My son, be attentive to my wisdom [godly wisdom learned by costly experience],Incline your ear to my understanding; [1 Kin 4:29]

ASV: My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:

BSB: My son, pay attention to my wisdom;incline your ear to my insight,

DARBY: My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;

DRA: My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thy ear to my prudence.

KJV: My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

Proverbs 5:2

AMP: That you may exercise discrimination and discretion (good judgment),And your lips may reserve knowledge and answer wisely [to temptation].

ASV: That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

BSB: that you may maintain discretionand your lips may preserve knowledge.

DARBY: that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge.

DRA: That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman.

KJV: That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

Proverbs 5:3

AMP: For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey [like a honeycomb]And her speech is smoother than oil; [Ezek 20:30; Col 2:8-10; 2 Pet 2:14-17]

ASV: For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

BSB: Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honeyand her speech is smoother than oil,

DARBY: For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

DRA: For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.

KJV: For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

Proverbs 5:4

AMP: But in the end she is bitter like [the extract of] wormwood,Sharp as a two-edged sword.

ASV: But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

BSB: in the end she is bitter as wormwood,sharp as a double-edged sword.

DARBY: but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

DRA: But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.

KJV: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

Proverbs 5:5

AMP: Her feet go down to death;Her steps take hold of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),

ASV: Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;

BSB: Her feet go down to death;her steps lead straight to Sheol.

DARBY: Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol.

DRA: Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell.

KJV: Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Proverbs 5:6

AMP: So that she does not think [seriously] about the path of life;Her ways are aimless and unstable; you cannot know where her path leads.

ASV: So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not.

BSB: She does not consider the path of life;she does not know that her ways are unstable.

DARBY: Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither].

DRA: They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable.

KJV: Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

Proverbs 5:7

AMP: ¶Now then, my sons, listen to meAnd do not depart from (forget) the words of my mouth.

ASV: Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth.

BSB: So now, my sons, listen to me,and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.

DARBY: And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

DRA: Now therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

KJV: Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 5:8

AMP: Let your way [in life] be far from her,And do not go near the door of her house [avoid even being near the places of temptation], [Prov 4:15; Rom 16:17; 1 Thess 5:19-22]

ASV: Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

BSB: Keep your path far from her;do not go near the door of her house,

DARBY: Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

DRA: Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house.

KJV: Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Proverbs 5:9

AMP: Or you will give your honor to others,And your years to the cruel one,

ASV: Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

BSB: lest you concede your vigor to others,and your years to one who is cruel;

DARBY: lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;

DRA: Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel.

KJV: Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

Proverbs 5:10

AMP: And strangers will be filled with your strengthAnd your hard-earned wealth will go to the house of a foreigner [who does not know God];

ASV: Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien,

BSB: lest strangers feast on your wealth,and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

DARBY: lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the house of a stranger;

DRA: Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man's house,

KJV: Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

Proverbs 5:11

AMP: And you will groan when your life is ending,When your flesh and your body are consumed;

ASV: And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

BSB: At the end of your life you will groanwhen your flesh and your body are spent,

DARBY: and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;

DRA: And thou mourn it the last, when thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy body, and say:

KJV: And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

Proverbs 5:12

AMP: And you say, “How I hated instruction and discipline,And my heart despised correction and reproof!

ASV: And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

BSB: and you will say, “How I hated discipline,and my heart despised reproof!

DARBY: and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!

DRA: Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof,

KJV: And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Proverbs 5:13

AMP: “I have not listened to the voice of my teachers,Nor have I inclined my ear to those who instructed me.

ASV: Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

BSB: I did not listen to the voice of my teachersor incline my ear to my mentors.

DARBY: and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;

DRA: And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not in- dined my ear to masters?

KJV: And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

Proverbs 5:14

AMP: “I was almost in total ruinIn the midst of the assembly and congregation.”

ASV: I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation.

BSB: I am on the brink of utter ruinin the midst of the whole assembly.”

DARBY: I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

DRA: I have almost been in all evil, in the midst of the church and of the congregation.

KJV: I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

Proverbs 5:15

AMP: ¶Drink water from your own cistern [of a pure marriage relationship]And fresh running water from your own well.

ASV: Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.

BSB: Drink water from your own cistern,and running water from your own well.

DARBY: Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

DRA: Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well:

KJV: Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Proverbs 5:16

AMP: Should your springs (children) be dispersed,As streams of water in the streets?

ASV: Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?

BSB: Why should your springs flow in the streets,your streams of water in the public squares?

DARBY: Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways.

DRA: Let thy fountains be conveyed abroad, and in the streets divide thy waters.

KJV: Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

Proverbs 5:17

AMP: [Confine yourself to your own wife.] Let your children be yours alone,And not the children of strangers with you.

ASV: Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.

BSB: Let them be yours alone,never to be shared with strangers.

DARBY: Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

DRA: Keep them to thyself alone, neither let strangers be partakers with thee.

KJV: Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.

Proverbs 5:18

AMP: Let your fountain (wife) be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity],And rejoice in the wife of your youth. [Song 4:12, 15]

ASV: Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

BSB: May your fountain be blessed,and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:

DARBY: Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.

DRA: Let thy vein be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth:

KJV: Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Proverbs 5:19

AMP: Let her be as a loving hind and graceful doe,Let her breasts refresh and satisfy you at all times;Always be exhilarated and delight in her love.

ASV: [As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

BSB: A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always;may you be captivated by her love forever.

DARBY: As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.

DRA: Let her be thy dearest hind, and most agreeable fawn: let her breasts inebriate thee at all times; he thou delighted continually with her love.

KJV: 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.

Proverbs 5:20

AMP: Why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an immoral womanAnd embrace the bosom of an outsider (pagan)?

ASV: For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

BSB: Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress,or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

DARBY: And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

DRA: Why art thou seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and art cherished in the bosom of another ?

KJV: And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Proverbs 5:21

AMP: For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the Lord,And He carefully watches all of his paths [all of his comings and goings]. [2 Chr 16:9; Job 31:4; 34:21; Prov 15:3; Jer 16:17; Hos 7:2; Heb 4:13]

ASV: For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

BSB: For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD,and the LORD examines all his paths.

DARBY: For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths.

DRA: The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps.

KJV: For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

Proverbs 5:22

AMP: The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him,And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

ASV: His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

BSB: The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him;the cords of his sin entangle him.

DARBY: His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

DRA: His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.

KJV: His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

Proverbs 5:23

AMP: He will die for lack of instruction (discipline),And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray and be lost.

ASV: He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

BSB: He dies for lack of discipline,led astray by his own great folly.

DARBY: He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

DRA: He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.

KJV: He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

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