King James Version
Proverbs 5:20 in the King James Version says “And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?”
Proverbs 5:20 · KJV
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?
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. sins: Heb. sin
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“be ravished”
H7686to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication
“And why wilt thou my son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“with a strange woman”
H2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
“of a stranger”
H5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
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