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Proverbs 5:20

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

KJV

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

Vulgate

μὴ πολὺς ἴσθι πρὸς ἀλλοτρίαν, μηδὲ συνέρχου ἀγκάλαις τῆς μὴ ἰδίας·

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/לָ֤/מָּה תִשְׁגֶּ֣ה בְנִ֣/י בְ/זָרָ֑ה וּ֝/תְחַבֵּ֗ק חֵ֣ק נָכְרִיָּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶשְׁגֶּ֖ה
'shgh
verb · 21×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
זָ֑ר
zr
verb · 76×
ךָ
k
noun · 38×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נִי
ny
verb · 13×
נָכְרִיָּֽה
nkryh
adjective · 46×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Prov 6:24 — To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
  • Prov 7:5 — That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
  • Ps 139:3 — Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.