3do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings.


In Context

1 The sayings of King Lemuel-an oracle his mother taught him:

2 "O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows,

3 do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings.

4 "It is not for kings, O Lemuel- not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers to crave beer,

5 lest they drink and forget what the law decrees, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

Proverbs 31:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:3Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:3Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:3Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:3Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to them that destroy kings.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:3Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:3Give not thy strength to women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:3Don't give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:3Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:3Give not your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.