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Proverbs 5:16-17
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 5:16-17
New American Standard Bible
16 Should your (A)springs overflow into the street,
Streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone,
And not for strangers with you.
Proverbs 5:16-17
English Standard Version
Proverbs 5:16-17
English Standard Version
16 Should your (A)springs be scattered abroad,
streams of water (B)in the streets?
17 (C)Let them be for yourself alone,
and not for strangers with you.
Proverbs 5:16-17
New International Version
Proverbs 5:16-17
New International Version
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets,
your streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone,
never to be shared with strangers.
Proverbs 5:16-17
King James Version
Proverbs 5:16-17
King James Version
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
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Proverbs 5:16-17
New Living Translation
Proverbs 5:16-17
New Living Translation
16 Why spill the water of your springs in the streets,
having sex with just anyone?[a]
17 You should reserve it for yourselves.
Never share it with strangers.
Footnotes
- 5:16 Hebrew Why spill your springs in the streets, / your streams in the city squares?
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