Proverbs 5:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.”
Proverbs 5:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 5:18 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Proverbs 5:18 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Proverbs 5:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.”
Proverbs 5:18 — World English Bible
Proverbs 5:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.”
Proverbs 5:18 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 5:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,”
Proverbs 5:18 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 5:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.”
Proverbs 5:18 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 5:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Let thy fountaine be blessed, and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.”
Proverbs 5:18 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 5:18 in Context — Proverbs 5
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
What Does Proverbs 5:18 Mean?
Proverbs 5:18 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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