Proverbs 5:10

In 11 translations

BSB

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

KJV

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

WEB

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.

ASV

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

LSV

Lest strangers be filled [with] your power, || And your labors in the house of a stranger,

YLT

Lest strangers be filled [with] thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,

DBY

lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the house of a stranger;

DRC

Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man’s house,

GNV

Least the stranger should be silled with thy strength, and thy labours bee in the house of a stranger,

JPS

Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in the house of an alien;

LXXE

lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers;

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Original-language editions

WLC

פֶּֽן־יִשְׂבְּע֣וּ זָרִ֣ים כֹּחֶ֑ךָ וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ בְּבֵ֣ית נָכְרִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Ἵνα μὴ πλησθῶσιν ἀλλότριοι σῆς ἰσχύος, οἱ δὲ σοὶ πόνοι εἰς οἴκους ἀλλοτρίων ἔλθεσι·

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 6:35He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
• Hosea 7:9Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.
• Proverbs 31:3Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
• Luke 15:30But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

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