Proverbs 5:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Proverbs 5:8

6 Lest you ponder her path of life—
Her ways are unstable;
You do not know them.

7 Therefore hear me now, my children,
And do not depart from the words of my mouth.

8 Remove your way far from her,
And do not go near the door of her house,

9 Lest you give your¹ honor to others,
And your years to the cruel one;

10 Lest aliens be filled with your¹ wealth,
And your labors go to the house of a foreigner;

11 And you mourn at last,
When your flesh and your body are consumed,

12 And say:
“How I have hated instruction,
And my heart despised correction!

13 I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,
Nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!

14 I was on the verge of total ruin,
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”

15 Drink water from your own cistern,
And running water from your own well.

16 Should your fountains be dispersed abroad,
¹Streams of water in the streets?

17 Let them be only your own,
And not for strangers with you.

18 Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice with ^athe wife of your youth.

19 ^aAs a loving deer and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
And always be¹ enraptured with her love.

20 For why should you, my son, be enraptured by ^aan immoral woman,
And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?

21 ^aFor the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord,
And He¹ ponders all his paths.

22 ^aHis own iniquities entrap the wicked man,
And he is caught in the cords of his sin.

Verse Comparison: Proverbs 5:8

American Standard Version
Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

Amplified® Bible
Let your way in life be far from her, and come not near the door of her house [avoid the very scenes of temptation],

Contemporary English Version
Stay away from a bad woman! Don't even go near the door of her house.

Darby English Version
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Good News Bible
Keep away from such a woman! Don't even go near her door!

King James Version
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

New American Standard Bible
Keep your way far from her And do not go near the door of her house,

New International Version
Keep to a path far from her,
do not go near the door of her house,

New King James Version
Remove your way far from her,
And do not go near the door of her house,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Keep your way far from her And do not go near the door of her house,

Revised Standard Version
Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house;

Young's Literal Translation
Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

New English Translation
Keep yourself¹ far² from her, and do not go near the door of her house,