Proverbs 5:19 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Proverbs 5:19 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Proverbs 5:19 in 6 Bible Translations

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Proverbs 5:19 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.”

Proverbs 5:19 — World English Bible

Proverbs 5:19 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Asa loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love. ”

Proverbs 5:19 — American Standard Version

Proverbs 5:19 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.”

Proverbs 5:19 — Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 5:19 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love. ”

Proverbs 5:19 — Darby Translation

Proverbs 5:19 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Let her be as the louing hinde and pleasant roe: let her brests satisfie thee at all times, and delite in her loue continually.”

Proverbs 5:19 — Geneva Bible

Proverbs 5:19 in Context — Proverbs 5

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?

21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.

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What Does Proverbs 5:19 Mean?

Proverbs 5:19 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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