Proverbs 5:20
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New International Version (©1984)
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Why should you, my son, be intoxicated with an adulterous woman and fondle a loose woman's breast?

King James Bible
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

American King James Version
And why will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

American Standard Version
For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

Bible in Basic English
Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Why art thou seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and art cherished in the bosom of another ?

Darby Bible Translation
And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

English Revised Version
For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Webster's Bible Translation
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

World English Bible
For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

Young's Literal Translation
And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

Geneva Study Bible

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

5:15-23 Lawful marriage is a means God has appointed to keep from these destructive vices. But we are not properly united, except as we attend to God's word, seeking his direction and blessing, and acting with affection. Ever remember, that though secret sins may escape the eyes of our fellow-creatures, yet a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, who not only sees, but ponders all his goings. Those who are so foolish as to choose the way of sin, are justly left of God to themselves, to go on in the way to destruction.


Proverbs 2:16 To deliver you from the strange woman, From the adulteress who flatters with her words;
Proverbs 5:3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;
Proverbs 6:24 To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
Proverbs 7:5 That they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
Proverbs 23:27 For a harlot is a deep pit And an adulterous woman is a narrow well. (NASB ©1995)

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And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

with 2:16-19 6:24 7:5 22:14 23:27,28,33 1Ki 11:1

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