Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Lest thou shalt give thy strength to others, and thy years to the cruel:

New American Standard Bible

Or you will give your vigor to others
And your years to the cruel one;

King James Version

Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

Holman Bible

Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others
and your years to someone cruel;

International Standard Version

so that you don't give your honor to others, and waste your best years;

A Conservative Version

lest thou give thine honor to others, and thy years to the cruel,

American Standard Version

Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

Amplified


Or you will give your honor to others,
And your years to the cruel one,

Bible in Basic English

For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

Darby Translation

lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;

King James 2000

Lest you give your honor unto others, and your years unto the merciless:

Lexham Expanded Bible

lest you give your honor to the others, and your years to the merciless,

Modern King James verseion

lest you give your honor to others and your years to the cruel;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

That thou give not thine honour unto another, and thy years to the cruel;

NET Bible

lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

New Heart English Bible

lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;

The Emphasized Bible

Lest thou give, to other men, thy vigour, and thy years, to him that is cruel:

Webster

Lest thou give thy honor to others, and thy years to the cruel:

World English Bible

lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;

Youngs Literal Translation

Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Lest thou give
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

אחר 
'acher 
Usage: 166

and thy years
שׁנה שׁנה 
Shaneh (in pl. only), 
year, not translated, yearly, yearly + , year , live , old ,
Usage: 811

Verse Info

Context Readings

Avoid Seduction

8 Remove far off from her thy way, and thou shalt not draw near to the door of her house: 9 Lest thou shalt give thy strength to others, and thy years to the cruel: 10 Lest strangers shall be filled with thy strength, and thy labors in the house of strangers;



Cross References

Genesis 38:23-26

And Judah will say, She shall take to her, lest we shall be for a contempt: Behold, I sent this kid, and thou didst not find her.

Judges 16:19-21

And she will cause him to sleep upon her knees; and she will call to a man, and she will shave the seven braids of his head; and she will begin to humble him, and his strength will remove from him.

Nehemiah 13:26

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin concerning these? and in many nations was there not a king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God will give him king over all Israel: also him did women strangers cause to sin.

Proverbs 6:29-35

So he going in to his neighbor's wife; all touching upon her shall not be innocent

Hosea 4:13-14

Upon the heads of the mountains they will sacrifice, and upon the hills they will burn incense, under the oak and the white poplar and the terebinth, because its shadow was good: for this your daughters will commit fornication, and your brides shall commit adultery.

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