16Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?


In Context

13 I would not obey my teachers or listen to my instructors.

14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly."

15 Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.

16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?

17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.

18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.

Proverbs 5:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Let thy fountains be conveyed abroad, and in the streets divide thy waters.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, and rivers of water in the streets?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Let your fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.