King James Version
Proverbs 5:18 in the King James Version says “Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.”
Proverbs 5:18 · KJV
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. satisfy: Heb. water thee be thou: Heb. err thou always in her love
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“Let thy fountain”
H4726properly, something dug, i.e., a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda);
“be blessed”
H1288to kneel; by implication to bless god (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (god or the king, as
“and rejoice”
H8055probably to brighten up, i.e., (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
“of thy youth”
H5271(only in plural collective or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
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