Verse 9
Proverbs 5:9
Darby Translation
9
lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;
Original Language Text
hebrew
פֶּן תִּתֵּ֣ן לַ/אֲחֵרִ֣ים הוֹדֶ֑/ךָ וּ֝/שְׁנֹתֶ֗י/ךָ לְ/אַכְזָרִֽי
English Translation
Lest you give your glory to others and your years to the cruel.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 5 Context
1
My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;
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that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge.
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For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
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but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
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Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol.
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Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither].
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And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
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lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;
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lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the house of a stra...
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and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;
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and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!
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and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instruct...
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I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
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Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
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Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways.
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Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
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Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.
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As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished con...
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And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a strange...
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For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths.
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His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
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He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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