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Proverbs 5:7-9
New English Translation
Proverbs 5:7-9
New English Translation
7 So now, children,[a] listen to me;
do not turn aside from the words I speak.[b]
8 Keep yourself[c] far[d] from her,
and do not go near the door of her house,
9 lest you give your vigor[e] to others
and your years to a cruel person,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:7 tn Heb “sons.”
- Proverbs 5:7 tn Heb “the words of my mouth” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV).
- Proverbs 5:8 tn Heb “your way.”
- Proverbs 5:8 sn There is a contrast made between “keep far away” (הַרְחֵק, harkheq) and “do not draw near” (וְאַל־תִּקְרַב, veʾal tiqrav).
- Proverbs 5:9 sn The term הוֹד (hod, “vigor; splendor; majesty”) in this context means the best time of one’s life (cf. NIV “your best strength”), the full manly vigor that will be wasted with licentiousness. Here it is paralleled by “years,” which refers to the best years of that vigor, the prime of life. Life would be ruined by living this way, or the revenge of the woman’s husband would cut it short.
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