Proverbs 5:8-10
GOD’S WORD Translation
8 Stay far away from her.
Do not even go near her door.
9 Either you will surrender your reputation to others
and ⌞the rest of⌟ your years to some cruel person,
10 or strangers will benefit from your strength
and you will have to work hard in a pagan’s house.
Proverbs 5:8-10
King James Version
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
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Proverbs 5:8-10
New King James Version
8 Remove your way far from her,
And do not go near the door of her house,
9 Lest you give your [a]honor to others,
And your years to the cruel one;
10 Lest aliens be filled with your [b]wealth,
And your labors go to the house of a foreigner;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:9 vigor
- Proverbs 5:10 Lit. strength
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