King James Version
Proverbs 5:7 in the King James Version says “Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.”
Proverbs 5:7 · KJV
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“me now therefore O ye children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“Hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“of my mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
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