Proverbs 5:10
8 Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
9 lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
11 At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
12 and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
- KJV
- Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
- WEB
- lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.
- ASV
- Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien,
- DARBY
- lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the house of a stranger;
- BLB
- lest strangers be satisfied [by] your strength, and your labors [be] in the house of a foreigner;
- ÅB
- for at ikke fremmede skal mettes av din eiendom, og frukten av din strev komme i en annen manns hus,
- OTB
- så fremmede fylles med din rikdom, og dine hardt opptjente eiendeler går til en fremmeds hus;
- B1930
- forat ikke fremmede skal mettes av din eiendom, og frukten av din møie komme i en annen manns hus,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hosea 7:9
Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.
Read in contextProverbs 6:35
He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
Read in contextProverbs 31:3
Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
Read in contextLuke 15:30
But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
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