Proverbs 5:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!”

Proverbs 5:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Proverbs 5:13 in 6 Bible Translations

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Proverbs 5:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!”

Proverbs 5:13 — World English Bible

Proverbs 5:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! ”

Proverbs 5:13 — American Standard Version

Proverbs 5:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.”

Proverbs 5:13 — Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 5:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me; ”

Proverbs 5:13 — Darby Translation

Proverbs 5:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And haue not obeied the voyce of them that taught mee, nor enclined mine eare to them that instructed me!”

Proverbs 5:13 — Geneva Bible

Proverbs 5:13 in Context — Proverbs 5

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;

13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

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What Does Proverbs 5:13 Mean?

Proverbs 5:13 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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