Nehr · Proverbs 5

Proverbs 5:20

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

— Proverbs 5:20, King James Version
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World English Bible (WEB)

For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

American Standard Version (ASV)

For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

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