Proverbs 5:18

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Proverbs 5:18

Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).

BSB

Berean Standard Bible

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:

BSB text & permissions

KJV

King James Version

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

KJV text & permissions

WEB

World English Bible

Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

WEB text & permissions

ASV

American Standard Version

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

ASV text & permissions

BLB

Berean Literal Bible

BLB is available for the New Testament only in this reader.

BLB text & permissions

READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Proverbs 5

¹⁶ Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?

¹⁷ Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.

¹⁸ May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:

¹⁹ A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.

²⁰ Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Read the full chapter →