10 Lest aliens be filled with your [a]wealth,
And your labors go to the house of a foreigner;
11 And you mourn at last,
When your flesh and your body are consumed,
12 And say:
“How I have hated instruction,
And my heart despised correction!

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:10 Lit. strength

10 lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
    and your (A)labors go to the house of a foreigner,
11 and at the end of your life you (B)groan,
    when your flesh and body are consumed,
12 and you say, (C)“How I hated discipline,
    and my heart (D)despised reproof!

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10 lest strangers feast on your wealth
    and your toil enrich the house of another.(A)
11 At the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are spent.
12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!
    How my heart spurned correction!(B)

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