King James Version
Proverbs 5:8 in the King James Version says “Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:”
Proverbs 5:8 · KJV
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:
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; thy wealth: Heb. thy strength
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Remove”
H7368to widen (in any direction), i.e., (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“thy way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“from her and come not nigh”
H7126to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
“of her house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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