Proverbs 5:19

In 11 translations

BSB

A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.Or be led astray; also in verse 20

KJV

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.satisfy…: Heb. water theebe thou…: Heb. err thou always in her love

WEB

A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.

ASV

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

LSV

A doe of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy you at all times, || Magnify yourself in her love continually.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

Let her be as the louing hinde and pleasant roe: let her brests satisfie thee at all times, and delite in her loue continually.

JPS

A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always.

LXXE

Let thy loving hart and thy graceful colt company with thee, and let her be considered thine own, and be with thee at all times; for ravished with her love thou shalt be greatly increased.

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WLC

אַיֶּ֥לֶת אֲהָבִ֗ים וְֽיַעֲלַ֫ת־חֵ֥ן דַּ֭דֶּיהָ יְרַוֻּ֣ךָ בְכָל־עֵ֑ת בְּ֝אַהֲבָתָ֗הּ תִּשְׁגֶּ֥ה תָמִֽיד׃

LXX-Br

Ἔλαφος φιλίας καὶ πῶλος σῶν χαρίτων ὁμιλείτω σοι, ἡ δὲ ἰδία ἡγείσθω σου καὶ συνέστω σοι ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ· ἐν γὰρ τῇ ταύτης φιλίᾳ συμπεριφερόμενος, πολλοστὸς ἔσῃ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Song of Songs 7:3Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
• Song of Songs 2:9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
• Song of Songs 4:5Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
• Song of Songs 8:14Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
• Proverbs 5:15Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
• Song of Songs 2:17Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
• 2 Samuel 12:4Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”

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