Proverbs 5:7-11 in English

⁷ Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me, 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 honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

¹⁰ Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors be in the house of an alien,

¹¹ And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

⁷ Now then, my son, hear me, and make not my words of none effect.

⁸ Remove thy way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house:

⁹ lest thou give away thy life to others, and thy substance to the merciless:

¹⁰ lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers;

¹¹ and thou repent at last, when the flesh of thy body is consumed,

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,

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,

⁷ Now then, my son, hear me, and make not my words of none effect.

⁸ Remove your way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house:

⁹ lest you give away your life to others, and your substance to the merciless:

¹⁰ lest strangers be filled with your strength, and your labors come into the houses of strangers;

¹¹ And you repent at last, when the flesh of your body is consumed,

⁷ Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me, 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 strength; and thy labours be in the house of an alien;

¹¹ And thou mourn at thy latter end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

⁷ So now, my sons, listen to me. ◄Never turn aside from/always remember► LIT what I am about to tell you.

⁸ Run away from immoral women! Do not go near the doors of their houses!

⁹ If you enter the home of one of them, you will lose your ◄self-respect/good reputation► and that woman's husband will not act mercifully toward you; he will kill you and take everything that you have acquired during your life!

¹⁰ Foreigners will take your money, and all the good things that you have worked for will ◄end up in their hands/become their possessions►.

¹¹ And when you are about to die, you will groan with severe pain because diseases that you have gotten from being immoral will be destroying your body.

⁷ Now then, my son, hear me, and make not my words of none effect.

⁸ Remove your way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house:

⁹ lest you give away your life to others, and your substance to the merciless:

¹⁰ lest strangers be filled with your strength, and your labours come into the houses of strangers;

¹¹ And you repent at last, when the flesh of your body is consumed,

⁷ Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.

⁸ Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,

⁹ lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;

¹⁰ lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.

¹¹ You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

⁷ Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.

⁸ Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,

⁹ lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;

¹⁰ lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.

¹¹ You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

⁷ Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.

⁸ Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,

⁹ lest you give your honour to others, and your years to the cruel one;

¹⁰ lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labours enrich another man’s house.

¹¹ You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

⁷ Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.

⁸ Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;

⁹ For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

¹⁰ And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;

¹¹ And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;

⁷ And now, children, hearken unto me, 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 the fruits of thy toil come into the house of a stranger;

¹¹ and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;

⁷ Now therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

⁸ Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house.

⁹ Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel.

¹⁰ Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man’s house,

¹¹ And thou mourn it the last, when thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy body, and say:

⁷ Now, my son, listen to me; don't reject what I have taught you.

⁸ Stay far away from her! Don't go near the door of her house!

⁹ Otherwise you'll surrender your honor to others, and your character to cruel people.

¹⁰ Strangers will spend your wealth; everything you've worked for will go to someone else.

¹¹ When you come to the end of your life you'll moan in pain as disease destroys your body.

⁷ Heare yee me nowe therefore, O children, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.

⁸ Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,

⁹ Least thou giue thine honor vnto others, and thy yeeres to the cruell:

¹⁰ Least the stranger should be silled with thy strength, and thy labours bee in the house of a stranger,

¹¹ And thou mourne at thine end, (when thou hast consumed thy flesh and thy bodie)

⁷ Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, 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 thy vigour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;

¹⁰ Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in the house of an alien;

¹¹ And thou moan, when thine end cometh, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

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,

⁷ And now, O ye children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the sayings of my mouth.

⁸ Remove far from her thy way, and come not nigh to the door of her house;

⁹ That thou mayest not give up unto others thy vigor, and thy years unto the cruel;

¹⁰ That strangers may not satisfy themselves with thy strength, and with thy exertions, in the house of an alien:

¹¹ While thou moanest at thy end, when thy flesh and thy body are coming to their end,

⁷ Now then, my son, hear me, And make not my words of none effect.

⁸ Remove thy way far from her; Draw not near to the doors of her house:

⁹ Lest thou give away thy life to others, And thy substance to the merciless:

¹⁰ Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors come into the houses of strangers;

¹¹ And thou repent at last, When the flesh of thy body is consumed,

⁷ Hear me now, therefore, O children! And turn not away 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 thy bloom to others, And thy years to a cruel one;

¹⁰ Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, And thine earnings be in the house of an alien;

¹¹ And lest thou mourn in thy latter end. When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

⁷ Now therefore, my sons, sh'ma ·hear obey· me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.

⁸ Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,

⁹ lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;

¹⁰ lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.

¹¹ You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

⁷ Now, my sons, listen to me; do not turn away from listening to the words of my mouth.

⁸ Keep your path far away from her and do not come near the door of her house.

⁹ In that way you will not give away your honor to others or years of your life to a cruel person;

¹⁰ strangers will not feast on your wealth; what you have worked for will not go into the house of strangers.

¹¹ At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body waste away.

⁷ Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.

⁸ Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,

⁹ lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;

¹⁰ lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.

¹¹ You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

⁷ Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.

⁸ Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,

⁹ lest you give your honour to others, and your years to the cruel one;

¹⁰ lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labours enrich another man’s house.

¹¹ You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

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 thy honor to others, and thy years to the cruel:

¹⁰ Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors be in the house of a stranger;

¹¹ And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

⁷ Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.

⁸ Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,

⁹ lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;

¹⁰ lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.

¹¹ You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

⁷ Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.

⁸ Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,

⁹ lest you give your honour to others, and your years to the cruel one;

¹⁰ lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labours enrich another man’s house.

¹¹ You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

⁷ Now therefore, my son, hear thou me, and go thou not away from the words of my mouth.

⁸ Make far thy way from her, and nigh thou not to the doors of her house.

⁹ Give thou not thine honour to aliens, and thy years to the cruel;

¹⁰ lest peradventure strangers be filled with thy strengths, and lest thy travails be in an alien’s house;

¹¹ and thou bewail in the last days, when thou hast wasted thy flesh, and thy body;

⁷ Now therefore, my son, hear thou me, (or And so now, my son, listen to me), and go thou not away from the words of my mouth.

⁸ Make far thy way from her (or Make thy way far away from her), and nigh thou not to the doors of her house.

⁹ Give thou not thine honour to aliens (or Give thou not thy honour to strangers), and thy years to the cruel;

¹⁰ lest peradventure strangers be filled with thy strengths, and lest (the rewards of) thy travails be in an alien’s house; (lest perhaps strangers take all thy wealth, and the rewards of all thy efforts be in someone else’s house;)

¹¹ and thou bewail in the last days, when thou hast wasted thy flesh, and thy body;

⁷ And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

⁸ Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

⁹ Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,

¹⁰ Lest strangers be filled with thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,

¹¹ And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,