Proverbs 5:16 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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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?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water 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.

Proverbs 5:16 Cross References

Genesis 24:60

And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister; be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

Psalm 127:3

Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Psalm 128:3

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

Psalm 68:26

Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from 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 only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

Proverbs 5:18

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with 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 inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

Song of Solomon 4:15

a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and 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

Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

Judges 12:9

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