Proverbs 5:9 - Easy To Read Version If you do, then other people will get the honor you should have had. And some stranger will get all the things you worked years to get. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
You know that marriages like this caused Solomon to sin. In all the many nations, there was not a king as great as Solomon. God loved Solomon. And God made Solomon king over the whole nation of Israel. But even Solomon was made to sin because of foreign women.
Don’t waste your strength on women. Women destroy kings, so don’t waste yourself on them.
People you don’t know will take all your wealth. Other people will get the things you worked for.
Stay away from the woman who does the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [5]} Don’t even go near the door of her house.
A prostitute {\cf2\super [6]} might cost a loaf of bread. But the wife of another man can cost you your life!