Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas?
New American Standard Bible
Streams of water in the streets?
King James Version
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
Holman Bible
streams of water in the public squares?
International Standard Version
Should your springs flow outside, or streams of water in the street?
A Conservative Version
Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, and streams of water in the streets?
American Standard Version
Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?
Amplified
Should your
As streams of water in the streets?
Bible in Basic English
Let not your springs be flowing in the streets, or your streams of water in the open places.
Darby Translation
Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways.
Julia Smith Translation
Thy fountains shall be dispersed without; in the broad places streams of waters.
King James 2000
Should your fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Shall your springs be scattered outward? In the streets, [shall there be] streams of water?
Modern King James verseion
Should your overflowing spring be scattered abroad as rivers of waters in the streets.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let thy wells flow out abroad, that there may be rivers of water in the streets:
New Heart English Bible
Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?
The Emphasized Bible
Let not thy fountains, flow over, abroad, in the streets, dividings of waters:
Webster
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
World English Bible
Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?
Youngs Literal Translation
Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters.
Themes
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Marriage » The duties of a husband
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 5:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Do Not Commit Adultery Against Wisdom
15 Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well. 16 Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas? 17 Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you.
Cross References
Psalm 68:26
In your large assemblies praise God, the Lord, in the assemblies of Israel!
Genesis 24:60
They blessed Rebekah with these words: "Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands! May your descendants possess the strongholds of their enemies."
Deuteronomy 33:28
Israel lives in safety, the fountain of Jacob is quite secure, in a land of grain and new wine; indeed, its heavens rain down dew.
Judges 12:9
He had thirty sons. He arranged for thirty of his daughters to be married outside his extended family, and he arranged for thirty young women to be brought from outside as wives for his sons. Ibzan led Israel for seven years;
Psalm 127:3
Yes, sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.
Psalm 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table.
Isaiah 48:21
They do not thirst as he leads them through dry regions; he makes water flow out of a rock for them; he splits open a rock and water flows out.'