Proverbs 5 Comparison: American Standard Version vs Darby Translation

Proverbs 5

¹My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:

²That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

³For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

⁴But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

⁵Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;

⁶So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, andshe knoweth it not.

⁷Now therefore, mysons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth.

⁸Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

⁹Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

¹⁰Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors be in the house of an alien,

¹¹And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

¹²And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

¹³Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

¹⁴I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation.

¹⁵Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.

¹⁶Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?

¹⁷Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.

¹⁸Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

¹⁹Asa loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

²⁰For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

²¹For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

²²His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

²³He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Proverbs 5

¹My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;

²that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge.

³For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

⁴but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

⁵Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol.

⁶Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither].

⁷And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

⁸Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

⁹lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;

¹⁰lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the house of a stranger;

¹¹and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;

¹²and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!

¹³and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;

¹⁴I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

¹⁵Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

¹⁶Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways.

¹⁷Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

¹⁸Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.

¹⁹As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.

²⁰And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

²¹For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths.

²²His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

²³He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.