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Proverbs 5:11

What does Proverbs 5:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 5:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And thou mourn at the last, when thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy body, and say;

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

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

v.11This passage

v.12And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

Cross references

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

  • 1 Corinthians 5:4

    in the name of our Lord Jesus, ye being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,

  • Romans 6:21

    What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

  • Numbers 5:27

    And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her body shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

  • Revelation 21:8

    But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

  • Deuteronomy 32:29

    Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!

  • Jeremiah 5:31

    the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

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