Now king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
Proverbs 31:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Give not your strength to [loose] women, nor your ways to those who and that which ruin and destroy kings. American Standard Version (1901) Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. Common English Bible Don’t give your strength to women, your ways to those who wipe out kings. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not give your substance to women, or your riches to overthrow kings. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings. |
Now king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did strange women cause to sin.
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.