Proverbs 5:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

lest you give your honor to others and your years to the merciless;

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Lest thou give thine honour unto others, And thy years unto the cruel:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Lest you give your honor to others and your years to those without mercy,

American Standard Version (1901)

Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

Common English Bible

Otherwise, you will give your strength to others, your years to a cruel person.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Do not give your honor to foreigners, and your years to the cruel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel.

Proverbs 5:9 Cross References

Nehemiah 13:26

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of such women? Among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless foreign women made even him to sin.

Proverbs 31:3

Give not your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings.

Proverbs 5:10

lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of an alien;

Proverbs 5:8

Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house;

Proverbs 6:26

for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.