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Proverbs 31:1-3
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Proverbs 31:1-3
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
The Teaching of King Lemuel’s Mother
31 The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him:
2 No, my son! No, son of my womb!
No, son of my vows!
3 Do not give your strength to women,
your ways to those who destroy kings.
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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