King James Version
Proverbs 5:10 in the King James Version says “Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; thy wealth: Heb. thy strength” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; thy wealth: Heb. thy strength”
Proverbs 5:10 · KJV
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; thy wealth: Heb. thy strength
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Lest strangers”
H2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
“with thy wealth”
H3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)
“and thy labours”
H6089an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind)
“be in the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of a stranger”
H5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
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