Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman? New Living Translation Why be captivated, my son, by an immoral woman, or fondle the breasts of a promiscuous woman? English Standard Version Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress? Berean Standard Bible Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger? King James Bible And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? New King James Version For why should you, my son, be enraptured by an immoral woman, And be embraced in the arms of a seductress? New American Standard Bible For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress, And embrace the breasts of a foreigner? NASB 1995 For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress And embrace the bosom of a foreigner? NASB 1977 For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner? Legacy Standard Bible So why should you, my son, be intoxicated with a strange woman And embrace the bosom of a foreign woman? Amplified Bible Why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an immoral woman And embrace the bosom of an outsider (pagan)? Christian Standard Bible Why, my son, would you lose yourself with a forbidden woman or embrace a wayward woman? Holman Christian Standard Bible Why, my son, would you be infatuated with a forbidden woman or embrace the breast of a stranger? American Standard Version For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Do not go astray, my son, with an estranged woman, neither embrace the bosom of an estranged woman. Brenton Septuagint Translation Be not intimate with a strange woman, neither fold thyself in the arms of a woman not thine own. Contemporary English Version Don't go crazy over a woman who is unfaithful to her own husband! Douay-Rheims Bible Why art thou seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and art cherished in the bosom of another ? English Revised Version For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? GOD'S WORD® Translation Why should you, my son, be intoxicated with an adulterous woman and fondle a loose woman's breast? Good News Translation Son, why should you give your love to another woman? Why should you prefer the charms of another man's wife? International Standard Version Why should you be intoxicated by an adulteress, my son, and embrace the bosom of a foreign woman? JPS Tanakh 1917 Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of an alien? Literal Standard Version And why do you magnify yourself, | My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman? Majority Standard Bible Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger? New American Bible Why then, my son, should you be intoxicated with a stranger, and embrace another woman? NET Bible But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman? New Revised Standard Version Why should you be intoxicated, my son, by another woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress? New Heart English Bible For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another? Webster's Bible Translation And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? World English Bible For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another? Young's Literal Translation And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Avoiding Immorality…19A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever. 20Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger? 21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.… Cross References Proverbs 2:16 It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words Proverbs 5:3 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil, Proverbs 6:24 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. Proverbs 7:5 that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words. Proverbs 23:27 For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. Treasury of Scripture And why will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? with Proverbs 2:16-19 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; … Proverbs 6:24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. Proverbs 7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. Jump to Previous Adulteress Adventuress Alien Arms Bosom Captivated Embrace Exhilarated Foreigner Infatuated Loose Magnify Ravished Shouldest Strange Stranger Thyself Way Wife WiltJump to Next Adulteress Adventuress Alien Arms Bosom Captivated Embrace Exhilarated Foreigner Infatuated Loose Magnify Ravished Shouldest Strange Stranger Thyself Way Wife WiltProverbs 5 1. Solomon exhorts to wisdom3. He shows the mischief of unfaithfulness and riot 15. He exhorts to contentedness, generosity, and chastity 22. The wicked are overtaken with their own sins Verses 20, 21. - The adulterer to be restrained by the fact of God's omniscience and the Divine punishment. Vers. 20 and 21 should apparently be taken together. The teaching assumes a higher tone, and rises from the lower law which regulates fidelity to the wife, based upon personal attractions, to the higher law, which brings the husband's conduct into relation with the duty he owes to Jehovah. Not merely is his conduct to be regulated by love and affection alone, but it is to be fashioned by the reflection or consciousness that the Supreme Being presides over all, and takes cognizance of human action. Without losing sight that the marriage contract has its own peculiar obligations, the fact is insisted upon that all a man's ways are open to the eyes of the Lord. Verse 20. - And why; i.e. what inducement is there, what reason can be given, for conjugal infidelity, except the lewd and immoral promptings of the lower nature, except sensuality in its lowest form? Ravished. The verb shagah recurs, but in a lower sense, as indicating "the foolish delirium of the libertine hastening after the harlot" (Zockler). With a strange woman (Hebrew, b'zarah); i.e. with a harlot. On zarah, see Proverbs 2:16 and Proverbs 7:5. The b' (בְּ) localizes the sources of the intoxication. Embrace (Hebrew, t'khab-bek). On this verb, see Proverbs 4:8. The bosom of a stranger (Hebrew, kheh nok'riyyah). A parallel expression having the same force as its counterpart. The more usual form of khek is kheyk, and means "the bosom" of a person. In Proverbs 16:33 it is used of the lap, and in Proverbs 17:23 and Proverbs 21:14 for the bosom or folds of a garment. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Whyוְלָ֤מָּה (wə·lām·māh) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what be captivated, תִשְׁגֶּ֣ה (ṯiš·geh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7686: To stray, to mistake, to transgress, to reel, be enraptured my son, בְנִ֣י (ḇə·nî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1121: A son by an adulteress, בְזָרָ֑ה (ḇə·zā·rāh) Preposition-b | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 2114: To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery or embrace וּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗ק (ū·ṯə·ḥab·bêq) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 2263: To clasp, embrace the bosom חֵ֣ק (ḥêq) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2436: The bosom of a stranger? נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ (nā·ḵə·rî·yāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 5237: Foreign, alien Links Proverbs 5:20 NIVProverbs 5:20 NLT Proverbs 5:20 ESV Proverbs 5:20 NASB Proverbs 5:20 KJV Proverbs 5:20 BibleApps.com Proverbs 5:20 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 5:20 Chinese Bible Proverbs 5:20 French Bible Proverbs 5:20 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 5:20 For why should you my son be (Prov. 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