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Proverbs 5:19

What does Proverbs 5:19 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 5:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Asa loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Asa loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Let her be thy dearest hind, and most agreeable fawn: let her breasts inebriate thee at all times: be thou delighted continually with her love.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.

Context

v.18Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

v.19This passage

v.20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

Cross references

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

  • Song of Solomon 4:5

    Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies.

  • Song of Solomon 2:9

    My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.

  • 2 Samuel 12:4

    And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

  • Song of Solomon 7:3

    Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe.

  • Song of Solomon 2:17

    Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart Upon the mountains of Bether.

  • Song of Solomon 8:14

    Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.

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