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 Seja bendito o teu manancial, e alegra-te com a mulher de tua juventude.
19 [Seja ela] uma cerva amorosa e gazela graciosa; que os seios dela te fartem em todo tempo; e anda pelo caminho do amor dela continuamente.
20 E por que tu, filho meu, andarias perdido pela estranha, e abraçarias o peito da [mulher] alheia?
21 Pois os caminhos do homem estão perante os olhos do SENHOR; e ele pondera todos os seus percursos.
22 O perverso será preso pelas suas [próprias] perversidades; e será detido pelas cordas de seu [próprio] 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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