Proverbs 5:15
13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
- KJV
- Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
- WEB
- Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.
- ASV
- Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.
- DARBY
- Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
- BLB
- Drink water from your own cistern and flowing from the midst of your own well.
- ÅB
- Drikk av din egen brønn, drikk rinnende vann av din egen kilde!
- OTB
- Drikk bare vann fra dine egne oppbevaringskrukker, og trekk bare ditt friske vann fra dine egne brønner.
- B1930
- Drikk av din egen brønn, drikk rinnende vann av din egen kilde!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 7:2–5
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Read in contextHebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Read in contextProverbs 5:18–19
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Read in context