Proverbs 5:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Proverbs 5:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Proverbs 5:8 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Proverbs 5:8 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Proverbs 5:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,”

Proverbs 5:8 — World English Bible

Proverbs 5:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house; ”

Proverbs 5:8 — American Standard Version

Proverbs 5:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,”

Proverbs 5:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 5:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Proverbs 5:8 — Darby Translation

Proverbs 5:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,”

Proverbs 5:8 — Geneva Bible

Proverbs 5:8 in Context — Proverbs 5

6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

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;

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What Does Proverbs 5:8 Mean?

Proverbs 5:8 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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