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 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19 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.
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
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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