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Proverbs 5:18-20
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Proverbs 5:18-20
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
18 Let your fountain be blessed,
and rejoice in the wife of your youth,
19 a lovely deer, a graceful doe.
May her breasts satisfy you at all times;
may you be intoxicated always by her love.
20 Why should you be intoxicated, my son, by another woman
and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?
Proverbs 5:18-20
New International Version
Proverbs 5:18-20
New International Version
Proverbs 5:18-20
King James Version
Proverbs 5:18-20
King James Version
18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
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Proverbs 5:18-20
New King James Version
Proverbs 5:18-20
New King James Version
18 Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice with (A)the wife of your youth.
19 (B)As a loving deer and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
And always be [a]enraptured with her love.
20 For why should you, my son, be enraptured by (C)an immoral woman,
And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:19 Lit. intoxicated
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