Proverbs 5:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:”
Proverbs 5:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 5:9 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Proverbs 5:9 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Proverbs 5:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;”
Proverbs 5:9 — World English Bible
Proverbs 5:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel; ”
Proverbs 5:9 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 5:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,”
Proverbs 5:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 5:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel; ”
Proverbs 5:9 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 5:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Least thou giue thine honor vnto others, and thy yeeres to the cruell:”
Proverbs 5:9 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 5:9 in Context — Proverbs 5
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;
11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
What Does Proverbs 5:9 Mean?
Proverbs 5:9 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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