Proverbs 5:18-19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
18 Let your fountain be blessed and have joy of the wife of your youth,
19 your lovely hind, your graceful doe.[a]
Of whose love you will ever have your fill,
and by her ardor always be intoxicated.
Proverbs 5:18-19
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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.
Proverbs 5:18-19
Good News Translation
18 So be happy with your wife and find your joy with the woman you married— 19 pretty and graceful as a deer. Let her charms keep you happy; let her surround you with her love.
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Proverbs 5:18-19
New American Standard Bible
18 Let your (A)fountain be blessed,
And (B)rejoice in the (C)wife of your youth.
19 Like a loving (D)doe and a graceful mountain goat,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be [a]exhilarated always with her love.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:19 Lit intoxicated
Proverbs 5:18-19
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.
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