20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?


In Context

17 Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.

18 Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

19 As a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

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

21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

Proverbs 5:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:20Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:20Why art thou seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and art cherished in the bosom of another ?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:20And why will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?