Pro Proverbs, chapter Proverbs of Solomon, chapter 5
Why art thou seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and art cherished in the bosom of another? Sir 9:10
Proverbs 5:20 in different translations
English
KJV (66 books)
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
KJV (Cambridge)
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravisht with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a stranger?
ASV
For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
FBV
Why, my son, become intoxicated with an immoral woman? Why embrace the breasts of a woman who acts like a prostitute?
GNV
For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?
JPS
Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien?
LSV
And why do you magnify yourself, || My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?
NASB
For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress, And embrace the breasts of a foreigner? NASB 2020
NIV (US)
Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?
NMV
And why will youi, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
OJB
And why wilt thou, beni (my son), be intoxicated with a zarah (strange woman), and embrace the kheyk (bosom) of a nochriyah (foreign [heathen] woman)?
RV
For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
T4T
My son, do not be [RHQ] captivated/charmed by an immoral woman! Do not fondle the breasts of another man’s wife!
WEB (US)
For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
Russian
РСП (юбил.)
И для чего тебе, сын мой, увлекаться посторонней и обнимать груди чужой?
НРП
Зачем, мой сын, опьяняться тебе другой и обнимать стан чужой жены?
Заокская (Кулаков)
И зачем тебе, сын мой, опьяняться чужою, обнимать замужнюю, грудь ее лаская?
СП (БЛ)
Не позволяй жене другого пленить тебя, тебе не нужна её любовь.