Proverbs 523 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence.5:1בְּנִי לְחָכְמָתִי הַקְשִׁיבָה לִתְבוּנָתִי הַט־אָזְנֶֽךָ׃My son, attend unto my wisdom; incline thine ear to my understanding;5:2לִשְׁמֹר מְזִמּוֹת וְדַעַת שְׂפָתֶיךָ יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.5:3כִּי נֹפֶת תִּטֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵי זָרָה וְחָלָק מִשֶּׁמֶן חִכָּֽהּ׃For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;5:4וְֽאַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָה כַֽלַּעֲנָה חַדָּה כְּחֶרֶב פִּיּֽוֹת׃But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.5:5רַגְלֶיהָ יֹרְדוֹת מָוֶת שְׁאוֹל צְעָדֶיהָ יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on the nether-world;5:6אֹרַח חַיִּים פֶּן־תְּפַלֵּס נָעוּ מַעְגְּלֹתֶיהָ לֹא תֵדָֽע׃פLest she should walk the even path of life, her ways wander, but she knoweth it not.5:7וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִי וְאַל־תָּסוּרוּ מֵאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.5:8הַרְחֵק מֵעָלֶיהָ דַרְכֶּךָ וְאַל־תִּקְרַב אֶל־פֶּתַח בֵּיתָֽהּ׃Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house;5:9פֶּן־תִּתֵּן לַאֲחֵרִים הוֹדֶךָ וּשְׁנֹתֶיךָ לְאַכְזָרִֽי׃Lest thou give thy vigour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;5:10פֶּֽן־יִשְׂבְּעוּ זָרִים כֹּחֶךָ וַעֲצָבֶיךָ בְּבֵית נָכְרִֽי׃Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in the house of an alien;5:11וְנָהַמְתָּ בְאַחֲרִיתֶךָ בִּכְלוֹת בְּשָׂרְךָ וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃And thou moan, when thine end cometh, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,5:12וְֽאָמַרְתָּ אֵיךְ שָׂנֵאתִי מוּסָר וְתוֹכַחַת נָאַץ לִבִּֽי׃And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;5:13וְֽלֹא־שָׁמַעְתִּי בְּקוֹל מוֹרָי וְלִֽמְלַמְּדַי לֹא־הִטִּיתִי אָזְנִֽי׃Neither have I hearkened to the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!5:14כִּמְעַט הָיִיתִי בְכָל־רָע בְּתוֹךְ קָהָל וְעֵדָֽה׃I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.'5:15שְׁתֵה־מַיִם מִבּוֹרֶךָ וְנֹזְלִים מִתּוֹךְ בְּאֵרֶֽךָ׃Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.5:16יָפוּצוּ מַעְיְנֹתֶיךָ חוּצָה בָּרְחֹבוֹת פַּלְגֵי־מָֽיִם׃Let thy springs be dispersed abroad, and courses of water in the streets.5:17יִֽהְיוּ־לְךָ לְבַדֶּךָ וְאֵין לְזָרִים אִתָּֽךְ׃Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.5:18יְהִֽי־מְקוֹרְךָ בָרוּךְ וּשְׂמַח מֵאֵשֶׁת נְעוּרֶֽךָ׃Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.5:19אַיֶּלֶת אֲהָבִים וְֽיַעֲלַת־חֵן דַּדֶּיהָ יְרַוֻּךָ בְכָל־עֵת בְּאַהֲבָתָהּ תִּשְׁגֶּה תָמִֽיד׃A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always.5:20וְלָמָּה תִשְׁגֶּה בְנִי בְזָרָה וּתְחַבֵּק חֵק נָכְרִיָּֽה׃Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien?5:21כִּי נֹכַח ׀ עֵינֵי יְהוָה דַּרְכֵי־אִישׁ וְֽכָל־מַעְגְּלֹתָיו מְפַלֵּֽס׃For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He maketh even all his paths.5:22עַֽווֹנוֹתָיויִלְכְּדֻנוֹ אֶת־הָרָשָׁע וּבְחַבְלֵי חַטָּאתוֹ יִתָּמֵֽךְ׃His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.5:23הוּא יָמוּת בְּאֵין מוּסָר וּבְרֹב אִוַּלְתּוֹ יִשְׁגֶּֽה׃פHe shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall reel.← previousProverbs 4next →Proverbs 6↑ back to ProverbsThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/5/