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15 Drink water from your own cistern
And [a]fresh water from your own well.
16 Should your (A)springs be dispersed abroad,
Streams of water in the streets?
17 Let them be for you alone,
And not for strangers with you.
18 Let your (B)fountain be blessed,
And (C)be glad in the (D)wife of your youth.
19 As a loving (E)hind and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be [b]intoxicated always with her love.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:15 Lit flowing
  2. Proverbs 5:19 Or exhilarated

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15 Drink water from your own cistern,
water flowing from your own well.(A)
16 Should your springs flow in the streets,
streams of water in the public squares?(B)
17 They should be for you alone
and not for you to share with strangers.
18 Let your fountain be blessed,
and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.(C)
19 A loving doe, a graceful fawn—
let her breasts always satisfy you;(D)
be lost in her love forever.

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