Proverbs 5:15-19
International Standard Version
The Delights of Marital Faithfulness
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
and fresh[a] water from your own well.
16 Should your springs flow outside,
or streams of water in the street?
17 They should be for you alone
and not for strangers who are with you.
18 Let your fountain be blessed
and enjoy the wife of your youth.
19 Like a loving deer, a beautiful doe,
let her breasts satisfy you all the time.
Be constantly intoxicated by her love.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:15 Lit. flowing
Proverbs 5:15-19
Lexham English Bible
15 Drink water from your own cistern
and flowing waters from inside your own well.
16 Shall your springs be scattered outward?
In the streets, shall there be streams of water?
17 May they be yours alone,
and not for strangers who are with you.
18 May your fountain be blessed,
and rejoice in the wife[a] of your youth.
19 She is a deer of love and a doe of grace;
may her breasts satisfy you always;[b]
by her love may you be intoxicated continually.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:18 Or “woman”
- Proverbs 5:19 Literally “at all time”
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