Proverbs 5:16 - American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, And rivers of waters in the streets.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Should your offspring be dispersed abroad as water brooks in the streets?

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Should your fountains flood outside, streams of water in the public squares?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Let your fountains be diverted far and wide, and divide your waters in the streets.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Let thy fountains be conveyed abroad, and in the streets divide thy waters.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁶ Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets?

Proverbs 5:16 Cross References

Genesis 24:60

And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them.

Psalm 127:3

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; And the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Psalm 128:3

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.

Psalm 68:26

Bless ye God in the congregations, Even the Lord, ye that are of the fountain of Israel.

Proverbs 5:15

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.

Proverbs 5:17

Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.

Proverbs 5:18

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

Proverbs 9:17

Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Song of Solomon 4:12

A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

Song of Solomon 4:15

Thou art a fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And flowing streams from Lebanon.

Isaiah 48:21

And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

Deuteronomy 33:28

And Israel dwelleth in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yea, his heavens drop down dew.

Judges 12:9

And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.