Proverbs 2:17
15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
- KJV
- Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
- WEB
- who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;
- ASV
- That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:
- DARBY
- who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;
- BLB
- the one having forsaken the guide of her youth, and she has forgotten the covenant of her God.
- ÅB
- som har forlatt sin ungdoms venn og glemt sin Guds pakt;
- OTB
- Som forlater sin ungdoms partner og glemmer sin Guds pakt.
- B1930
- som har forlatt sin ungdoms venn og glemt sin Guds pakt;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 16:59–60
For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:4
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
Read in contextEzekiel 16:8
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.
Read in contextMalachi 2:14–16
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Read in contextProverbs 5:18
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
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