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Proverbs 7:18

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

KJV

Veni, inebriemur uberibus, et fruamur cupitis amplexibus donec illucescat dies.

Vulgate

ἐλθὲ καὶ ἀπολαύσωμεν φιλίας ἕως ὄρθρου, δεῦρο καὶ ἐνκυλισθῶμεν ἔρωτι.

LXX

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves.

ASV

לְכָ֤/ה נִרְוֶ֣ה דֹ֭דִים עַד הַ/בֹּ֑קֶר נִ֝תְעַלְּסָ֗ה בָּ/אֳהָבִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֳהָבִֽים
'hbym
noun · 1×
בֹּ֔קֶר
bqr
noun · 214×
י
y
noun · 60×
יַעֲלֹֽס
y'ls
verb · 3×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
נִי
ny
verb · 14×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Num 5:13 — And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;
  • Prov 9:17 — Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.