He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but one who keeps company with harlots squanders his substance.
Proverbs 5:10 - Revised Standard Version lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of an alien; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; And thy labours be in the house of a stranger; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Lest strangers [and false teachings] take their fill of your strength and wealth and your labors go to the house of an alien [from God]– American Standard Version (1901) Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors be in the house of an alien, Common English Bible Otherwise, strangers will sap your strength, and your hard work will end up in a foreigner’s house. Catholic Public Domain Version Otherwise, outsiders may be filled with your strength, and your labors may be in a foreign house, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man's house, |
He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but one who keeps company with harlots squanders his substance.
Give not your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings.
and at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed,
for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.
He will accept no compensation, nor be appeased though you multiply gifts.
Aliens devour his strength, and he knows it not; gray hairs are sprinkled upon him, and he knows it not.
But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed for him the fatted calf!’