Proverbs 5 Comparison: American Standard Version vs Young's Literal 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! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

²To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

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

⁴And her latter end is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword with mouths.

⁵Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of.

⁶The path of lifelest thou ponder, Moved have her pathsthou knowest not.

⁷And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

⁸Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

⁹Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,

¹⁰Lest strangers be filled with thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,

¹¹And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,

¹²And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

¹³And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.

¹⁴As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company.

¹⁵Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.

¹⁶Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters.

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

¹⁸Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,

¹⁹A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.

²⁰And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

²¹For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.

²²His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.

²³He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!