Proverbs 5:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?”
Proverbs 5:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 5:20 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Proverbs 5:20 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Proverbs 5:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?”
Proverbs 5:20 — World English Bible
Proverbs 5:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?”
Proverbs 5:20 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 5:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?”
Proverbs 5:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 5:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?”
Proverbs 5:20 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 5:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?”
Proverbs 5:20 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 5:20 in Context — Proverbs 5
18 Sea bendito tu manantial; y alégrate con la mujer de tu mocedad.
19 [Como] cierva amada y graciosa corza, sus pechos te satisfagan en todo tiempo; y en su amor recréate siempre.
20 ¿Y por qué, hijo mío, andarás ciego con la ajena, y abrazarás el seno de la extraña?
21 Pues que los caminos del hombre están ante los ojos de Jehová, y él considera todas sus veredas.
22 Prenderán al impío sus propias iniquidades, y detenido será con las cuerdas de su pecado.
What Does Proverbs 5:20 Mean?
Proverbs 5:20 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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