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Proverbs 5:11
11and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;
Proverbs 5:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
- New International Version (NIV)At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you mourn at last, When your flesh and your body are consumed,
Context of Proverbs 5:11
9lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel; 10lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the house of a stranger; and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed; 12and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof! 13and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;
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וְנָהַמְתָּ֥ בְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָ בִּכְל֥וֹת בְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗ וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 5:11
- Proverbs 7:23till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.
- Deuteronomy 32:29Oh that they had been wise! they would have understood this, They would have considered their latter end!
- Jeremiah 5:31the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so. But what will ye do in the end thereof?
- Romans 6:21What fruit therefore had ye then in the things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of them [is] death.
- Hebrews 13:4[Let] marriage [be held] every way in honour, and the bed [be] undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge.
- Revelation 21:8But to the fearful and unbelieving, [and sinners], and those who make themselves abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [is] in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
- Revelation 22:15Without [are] the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loves and makes a lie.
- Numbers 5:27And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she have been defiled, and have committed unfaithfulness against her husband, that the water that bringeth the curse shall enter into her, for bitterness, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall shrink; and the woman shall become a curse among her people.
- 1 Corinthians 5:4[to deliver,] in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (ye and my spirit being gathered together, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ), him that has so wrought this:
Commentaries on Proverbs 5:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11When thy flesh and thy body are consumed - The word שאר shear, which we render body, signifies properly the remains, residue, or remnant of a thing: and is applied here to denote the breathing carcass, putrid with the concomitant disease of debauchery: a public reproach which the justice of God entails on this species of iniquity. The mourning here spoken of is of the most excessive kind: the word נהם naham is often applied to the growling of a lion, and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Yet one more curse is attendant on impurity. Then, as now, disease was the penalty of this sin.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11People in the ancient Near East were familiar with some sexually transmitted diseases. Leviticus 15:1–15 likely describes gonorrhea. Other Mesopotamian texts mention “the disease of intercourse” and the “disease of Ishtar” (goddess of love), which show symptoms of venereal diseases.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. at the last--the end, or reward (compare Pr 5:4). mourn--roar in pain. flesh and ... body--the whole person under incurable disease.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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