Proverbs 5:10 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;”

Proverbs 5:10 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Proverbs 5:10 in 6 Bible Translations

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Proverbs 5:10 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.”

Proverbs 5:10 — World English Bible

Proverbs 5:10 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors be in the house of an alien, ”

Proverbs 5:10 — American Standard Version

Proverbs 5:10 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Lest strangers be filled <FI>with<Fi> thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,”

Proverbs 5:10 — Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 5:10 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the house of a stranger; ”

Proverbs 5:10 — Darby Translation

Proverbs 5:10 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Least the stranger should be silled with thy strength, and thy labours bee in the house of a stranger,”

Proverbs 5:10 — Geneva Bible

Proverbs 5:10 in Context — Proverbs 5

8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

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What Does Proverbs 5:10 Mean?

Proverbs 5:10 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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