Proverbs 5:20

Translations

Modern

Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Traditional

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

Literal

So why do you wander, my son, with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a foreign woman?

Latin

Quare seduceris, fili mi, ab aliena, et foveris in sinu alterius?

Original

Hebrew

English

Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Notes

Proverbs 5:1–23

These instructions on loving one's wife and avoiding immoral women were originally for young men starting their careers (see also Proverbs 2:16–22; 7:1–27). This topic is also common in ancient Egyptian wisdom writings.

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Marriage and Sexuality

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…that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
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For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
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1 Kings 11:1
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Proverbs 2:16–19
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words

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