King James Version
Proverbs 5:11 in the King James Version says “And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,”
Proverbs 5:11 · KJV
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;
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
KJV Study — Public Domain
“are consumed”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
“when thy flesh”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
“and thy body”
H7607flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
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