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.