Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
May your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Holman Bible
and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.
International Standard Version
Let your fountain be blessed and enjoy the wife of your youth.
A Conservative Version
Let thy fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of thy youth:
American Standard Version
Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.
Amplified
Let your fountain (wife) be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity],
And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Bible in Basic English
Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.
Darby Translation
Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.
Julia Smith Translation
Thy fountain shall be blessed: and rejoice from the wife of thy youth.
King James 2000
Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth.
Modern King James verseion
Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of your youth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let thy well be blessed; and be glad with the wife of thy youth.
NET Bible
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife --
New Heart English Bible
Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
The Emphasized Bible
Let thy well-spring be blessed, - and get thy joy from the wife of thy youth: -
Webster
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
World English Bible
Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Youngs Literal Translation
Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,
Themes
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of a good wife
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Home » Husbands and wives » Duties of husbands
Marriage » The duties of a husband
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Husbands' duties
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 5:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Do Not Commit Adultery Against Wisdom
17 May they be yours alone, and not for strangers [who are] with you. 18 May your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth. 19 [She is] a deer of love and a doe of grace; may her breasts satisfy you {always}; by her love may you be intoxicated continually.
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which he gives you under the sun, because this [is] your lot in life and in the toil with which you toil under the sun.
Song of Songs 4:12
A garden locked [is] my sister bride, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
Song of Songs 4:15
A garden fountain, a well of living water, flowing (streams) from Lebanon.
Malachi 2:14-15
But you ask, "{For what reason}?" Because Yahweh stands as a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have been unfaithful, even though she [is] your marriage partner and {your wife by covenant}.