Proverbs 5:20
King James Version (KJV)
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
In context
18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Proverbs 5:20 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
- WEB World English Bible
- For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
- ASV American Standard Version
- For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?
- DBY Darby Translation
- And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
- WBS Webster Bible
- And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?