Verse Comparison: Proverbs 5:17

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American Standard Version
Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.

Amplified® Bible
[Confine yourself to your own wife] let your children be for you alone, and not the children of strangers with you.

Contemporary English Version
Save yourself for your wife and don't have sex with other women.

Darby English Version
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

Good News Bible
Your children should grow up to help you, not strangers.

King James Version
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

New American Standard Bible
Let them be yours alone And not for strangers with you.

New International Version
Let them be yours alone,
never to be shared with strangers.

New King James Version
Let them be only your own,
And not for strangers with you.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Make them yours alone And not for strangers with you.

Revised Standard Version
Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you.

Young's Literal Translation
Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee.

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