Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee.
New American Standard Bible
And not for strangers with you.
King James Version
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
Holman Bible
and not for you to share with strangers.
International Standard Version
They should be for you alone and not for strangers who are with you.
A Conservative Version
Let them be for thyself alone, and not for strangers with thee.
American Standard Version
Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.
Amplified
[Confine yourself to your own wife.] Let your children be yours alone,
And not the children of strangers with you.
Bible in Basic English
Let them be for yourself only, not for other men with you.
Darby Translation
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
Julia Smith Translation
They shall be to thee alone, and not strangers with thee.
King James 2000
Let them be only for your own, and not for strangers with you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
May they be yours alone, and not for strangers [who are] with you.
Modern King James verseion
Let them be only your own, and not strangers' with you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
but let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
NET Bible
Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you.
New Heart English Bible
Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.
The Emphasized Bible
Let them be for thyself, alone, and not for strangers with thee.
Webster
Let them be only thy own, and not for strangers with thee.
World English Bible
Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.
Themes
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Marriage » The duties of a husband
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 5:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Do Not Commit Adultery Against Wisdom
16 Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters. 17 Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,