Proverbs 5:17 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁷ My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Let them be only thine own, And not strangers' with thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ [Confine yourself to your own wife] let your children be for you alone, and not the children of strangers with you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ They are yours alone, not for you as well as strangers.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Hold them for yourself alone, and do not let strangers be partakers with you.

Proverbs 5:17 Cross References

Proverbs 5:16

3 He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.

Proverbs 5:18

Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.