The Sayings for King Lemuel
Proverbs 31:3
In 10 translations
- BSB
- Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
- KJV
- Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
- WEB
- Don’t give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
- ASV
- Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
- LSV
- Do not give your strength to women, || And your ways to wiping away of kings.
- YLT
- Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings.
- DBY
- Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to them that destroy kings.
- DRC
- Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.
- GNV
- Giue not thy strength vnto women, nor thy wayes, which is to destroy Kings.
- JPS
- Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן לַנָּשִׁ֣ים חֵילֶ֑ךָ וּ֝דְרָכֶ֗יךָ לַֽמְח֥וֹת מְלָכִֽין׃
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Cross-references most cited first
- Deuteronomy 17:17He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
- Nehemiah 13:26Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
- Proverbs 7:26–27For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number. Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
- Proverbs 5:9–11lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel; lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner. At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh…
- 1 Kings 11:1King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
- Hosea 4:11Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
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