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Proverbs 31:1-3
English Standard Version Anglicised
Proverbs 31:1-3
English Standard Version Anglicised
The Words of King Lemuel
31 The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him:
2 What are you doing, my son?[a] What are you doing, (A)son of my womb?
What are you doing, (B)son of my vows?
3 Do (C)not give your strength to women,
your ways to those (D)who destroy kings.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:2 Hebrew What, my son?
Proverbs 31:1-3
New International Version
Proverbs 31:1-3
New International Version
Sayings of King Lemuel
31 The sayings(A) of King Lemuel—an inspired utterance his mother taught him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:3 Or wealth
Proverbs 31:1-3
King James Version
Proverbs 31:1-3
King James Version
31 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
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