Proverbs 5:10

Proverbs chapter 5 · verse 10 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.9Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

v.10This passage

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

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 6:35
He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
Proverbs 31:3
Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
Hosea 7:9
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not.
Luke 15:30
but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.