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World English Bible Classic
[1] My son, pay attention to my wisdom.
Turn your ear to my understanding,
[2] that you may maintain discretion,
that your lips may preserve knowledge.
[3] For the lips of an adulteress drip honey.
Her mouth is smoother than oil,
[4] but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood,
and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
[5] Her feet go down to death.
Her steps lead straight to Sheol.ⓘ
[6] She gives no thought to the way of life.
Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it. [7] Now therefore, my sons, listen to me.
Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.
[8] Remove your way far from her.
Don’t come near the door of her house,
[9] lest you give your honor to others,
and your years to the cruel one;
[10] lest strangers feast on your wealth,
and your labors enrich another man’s house.
[11] You will groan at your latter end,
when your flesh and your body are consumed,
[12] and say, “How I have hated instruction,
and my heart despised reproof.
[13] I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers,
nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
[14] I have come to the brink of utter ruin,
among the gathered assembly.” [15] Drink water out of your own cistern,
running water out of your own well.
[16] Should your springs overflow in the streets,
streams of water in the public squares?
[17] Let them be for yourself alone,
not for strangers with you.
[18] Let your spring be blessed.
Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
[19] A loving doe and a graceful deer—
let her breasts satisfy you at all times.
Be captivated always with her love.
[20] For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress?
Why embrace the bosom of another?
[21] For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes.
He examines all his paths.
[22] The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him.
The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
[23] He will die for lack of instruction.
In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

Footnotes

  1. ⓘ 5:5 Sheol is the place of the dead.
King James Version
[1] My son, H1121 attend H7181 unto my wisdom, H2451
And bow H5186 thine ear H241 to my understanding: H8394
[2] That thou mayest regard H8104 discretion, H4209
And that thy lips H8193 may keep H5341 knowledge. H1847
[3] For H3588 the lips H8193 of a strange woman H2114 drop H5197 as an honeycomb, H5317
And her mouth H2441§ is smoother H2509 than oil: H8081
[4] But her end H319 is bitter H4751 as wormwood, H3939
Sharp H2299 as a twoedged H6310 sword. H2719
[5] Her feet H7272 go down H3381 to death; H4194
Her steps H6806 take hold H8551 on hell. H7585
[6] Lest thou shouldest ponder H6424 the path H734 of life, H2416
Her ways H4570 are moveable, H5128 that thou canst not know H3045 them.
[7] Hear H8085 me now therefore, O ye children, H1121
And depart H5493 not H408 from the words H561 of my mouth. H6310
[8] Remove H7368 thy way H1870 far H7368 from her,
And come not nigh H7126 the door H6607 of her house: H1004
[9] Lest thou give H5414 thine honour H1935 unto others, H312
And thy years H8141 unto the cruel: H394
[10] Lest strangers H2114 be filled H7646 with thy wealth; H3581§
And thy labours H6089 be in the house H1004 of a stranger; H5237
[11] And thou mourn H5098 at the last, H319
When thy flesh H1320 and thy body H7607 are consumed, H3615
[12] And say, H559 How have I hated H8130 instruction, H4148
And my heart H3820 despised H5006 reproof; H8433
[13] And have not obeyed H8085 the voice H6963 of my teachers, H3384
Nor inclined H5186 mine ear H241 to them that instructed H3925 me!
[14] I was almost H4592 in all evil H7451
In the midst H8432 of the congregation H6951 and assembly. H5712
[15] Drink H8354 waters H4325 out of thine own cistern, H953
And running waters H5140 out of H8432 thine own well. H875
[16] Let thy fountains H4599 be dispersed H6327 abroad, H2351
And rivers H6388 of waters H4325 in the streets. H7339
[17] Let them be only thine own,
And not strangers’ H2114 with thee.
[18] Let thy fountain H4726 be blessed: H1288
And rejoice H8055 with the wife H802 of thy youth. H5271
[19] Let her be as the loving H158 hind H365 and pleasant H2580 roe; H3280
Let her breasts H1717 satisfy H7301 thee§ at all times; H6256
And be thou ravished H7686 always H8548 with her love. H160§
[20] And why wilt thou, my son, H1121 be ravished H7686 with a strange woman, H2114
And embrace H2263 the bosom H2436 of a stranger? H5237
[21] For H3588 the ways H1870 of man H376 are before H5227 the eyes H5869 of the Lord, H3068
And he pondereth H6424 all H3605 his goings. H4570
[22] His own iniquities H5771 shall take H3920 H853 the wicked H7563 himself,
And he shall be holden H8551 with the cords H2256 of his sins. H2403§
[23] He shall die H4191 without instruction; H4148
And in the greatness H7230 of his folly H200 he shall go astray. H7686

Footnotes

  1. § 5:3 Heb. palate
  2. § 5:10 Heb. thy strength
  3. § 5:19a Heb. water thee
  4. § 5:19b Heb. err thou always in her love
  5. § 5:22 Heb. sin
Septuaginta
[1] Υἱέ, G5207 ἐμῇ G1699 σοφίᾳ G4678 πρόσεχε, G4337 ἐμοῖς G1699 δὲ G1161 λόγοις G3056 παράβαλλε G3846 σὸν G4674 οὖς, G3775 [2] ἵνα G2443 φυλάξῃς G5442 ἔννοιαν G1771 ἀγαθήν· G18 αἴσθησιν G144 δὲ G1161 ἐμῶν G1699 χειλέων G5491 ἐντέλλομαί G1781 σοι. G4671 [3] Μὴ G3361 πρόσεχε G4337 φαύλῃ G5337 γυναικί· G1135 μέλι G3192 γὰρ G1063 ἀποστάζει ἀπὸ G575 χειλέων G5491 γυναικὸς G1135 πόρνης, G4204 ἣ G3739 πρὸς G4314 καιρὸν G2540 λιπαίνει σὸν G4674 φάρυγγα, [4] ὕστερον G5305 μέντοι G3305 πικρότερον G4089 χολῆς G5521 εὑρήσεις G2147 καὶ G2532 ἠκονημένον μᾶλλον G3123 μαχαίρας G3162 διστόμου. G1366 [5] Τῆς G3588 γὰρ G1063 ἀφροσύνης G877 οἱ G3588 πόδες G4228 κατάγουσιν G2609 τοὺς G3588 χρωμένους G5530 αὐτῇ G846 μετὰ G3326 θανάτου G2288 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 ᾅδην, G86 τὰ G3588 δὲ G1161 ἴχνη G2487 αὐτῆς G846 οὐκ G3756 ἐρείδεται· G2043 [6] ὁδοὺς G3598 γὰρ G1063 ζωῆς G2222 οὐκ G3756 ἐπέρχεται, G1904 σφαλεραὶ δὲ G1161 αἱ G3588 τροχιαὶ G5163 αὐτῆς G846 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 εὔγνωστοι. [7] Νῦν G3568 οὖν, G3767 υἱέ, G5207 ἄκουέ G191 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 ἀκύρους ποιήσῃς G4160 ἐμοὺς G1699 λόγους· G3056 [8] μακρὰν G3112 ποίησον G4160 ἀπ’ G575 αὐτῆς G846 σὴν G4674 ὁδόν, G3598 μὴ G3361 ἐγγίσῃς G1448 πρὸς G4314 θύραις G2374 οἴκων G3624 αὐτῆς, G846 [9] ἵνα G2443 μὴ G3361 πρόῃ ἄλλοις G243 ζωήν G2222 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 σὸν G4674 βίον G979 ἀνελεήμοσιν, G415 [10] ἵνα G2443 μὴ G3361 πλησθῶσιν G4130 ἀλλότριοι G245 σῆς G4674 ἰσχύος, G2479 οἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 σοὶ G4674 πόνοι G4192 εἰς G1519 οἴκους G3624 ἀλλοτρίων G245 εἰσέλθωσιν, G1525 [11] καὶ G2532 μεταμεληθήσῃ G3338 ἐπ’ G1909 ἐσχάτων, G2078 ἡνίκα G2259 ἂν G302 κατατριβῶσιν σάρκες G4561 σώματός G4983 σου, G4675 [12] καὶ G2532 ἐρεῖς G2046 Πῶς G4459 ἐμίσησα G3404 παιδείαν, G3809 καὶ G2532 ἐλέγχους G1650 ἐξέκλινεν G1578 ἡ G3588 καρδία G2588 μου· G3450 [13] οὐκ G3756 ἤκουον G191 φωνὴν G5456 παιδεύοντός G3811 με G3165 καὶ G2532 διδάσκοντός G1321 με G3165 οὐδὲ G3761 παρέβαλλον G3846 τὸ G3588 οὖς G3775 μου· G3450 [14] παρ’ G3844 ὀλίγον G3641 ἐγενόμην G1096 ἐν G1722 παντὶ G3956 κακῷ G2556 ἐν G1722 μέσῳ G3319 ἐκκλησίας G1577 καὶ G2532 συναγωγῆς. G4864 [15] Πῖνε G4095 ὕδατα G5204 ἀπὸ G575 σῶν G4674 ἀγγείων G30 καὶ G2532 ἀπὸ G575 σῶν G4674 φρεάτων G5421 πηγῆς. G4077 [16] Μὴ G3361 ὑπερεκχείσθω σοι G4671 τὰ G3588 ὕδατα G5204 ἐκ G1537 τῆς G3588 σῆς G4674 πηγῆς, G4077 εἰς G1519 δὲ G1161 σὰς G4674 πλατείας G4116 διαπορευέσθω G1279 τὰ G3588 σὰ G4674 ὕδατα· G5204 [17] ἔστω G2077 σοι G4671 μόνῳ G3441 ὑπάρχοντα, G5225 καὶ G2532 μηδεὶς G3367 ἀλλότριος G245 μετασχέτω G3348 σοι· G4671 [18] ἡ G3588 πηγή G4077 σου G4675 τοῦ G3588 ὕδατος G5204 ἔστω G2077 σοι G4671 ἰδία, G2398 καὶ G2532 συνευφραίνου μετὰ G3326 γυναικὸς G1135 τῆς G3588 ἐκ G1537 νεότητός G3503 σου. G4675 [19] Ἔλαφος φιλίας G5373 καὶ G2532 πῶλος G4454 σῶν G4674 χαρίτων G5485 ὁμιλείτω G3656 σοι, G4671 ἡ G3588 δὲ G1161 ἰδία G2398 ἡγείσθω G2233 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 συνέστω G4895 σοι G4671 ἐν G1722 παντὶ G3956 καιρῷ G2540 ἐν G1722 γὰρ G1063 τῇ G3588 ταύτης G3778 φιλίᾳ G5373 συμπεριφερόμενος πολλοστὸς ἔσῃ. G2071 [20] Μὴ G3361 πολὺς G4183 ἴσθι G2468 πρὸς G4314 ἀλλοτρίαν G245 μηδὲ G3366 συνέχου G4912 ἀγκάλαις G43 τῆς G3588 μὴ G3361 ἰδίας· G2398 [21] ἐνώπιον G1799 γάρ G1063 εἰσιν G1526 τῶν G3588 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ G2316 ὀφθαλμῶν G3788 ὁδοὶ G3598 ἀνδρός, G435 εἰς G1519 δὲ G1161 πάσας G3956 τὰς G3588 τροχιὰς G5163 αὐτοῦ G846 σκοπεύει. [22] Παρανομίαι G3892 ἄνδρα G435 ἀγρεύουσιν, G64 σειραῖς G4577 δὲ G1161 τῶν G3588 ἑαυτοῦ G1438 ἁμαρτιῶν G266 ἕκαστος G1538 σφίγγεται· [23] οὗτος G3778 τελευτᾷ G5053 μετὰ G3326 ἀπαιδεύτων, G521 ἐκ G1537 δὲ G1161 πλήθους G4128 τῆς G3588 ἑαυτοῦ G1438 βιότητος ἐξερρίφη καὶ G2532 ἀπώλετο G622 δι’ G1223 ἀφροσύνην. G877
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament