Proverbs 5:18

¹⁶ Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?

¹⁷ Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:

¹⁹ A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.

²⁰ Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

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Sammenlign

ÅB: Din kilde være velsignet, gled deg i din ungdoms hustru!
OTB: Må din kilde til glede bli velsignet, og finn glede i din ungdoms hustru.
B1930: Din kilde være velsignet, gled dig i din ungdoms hustru!

BSB: May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
KJV: Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
WEB: Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
ASV: Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.
DARBY: Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.
BLB: Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of your youth.

Ecclesiastes 9:9
Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
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Malachi 2:14–15
Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
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Song of Solomon 4:15
You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
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Song of Solomon 4:12
My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
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