English Standard Version
Proverbs 5:19
19a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love.
Proverbs 5:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)A loving doe, a graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
- New King James Version (NKJV)As a loving deer and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; And always be enraptured with her love.
- New Living Translation (NLT)She is a loving deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts satisfy you always. May you always be captivated by her love.
Context of Proverbs 5:19
17Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. 18Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love. 20Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress? 21For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders all his paths.
Read all of Proverbs 5Proverbs 5:19 word by word
אַיֶּ֥לֶת אֲהָבִ֗ים וְֽיַעֲלַ֫ת־חֵ֥ן דַּ֭דֶּיהָ יְרַוֻּ֣ךָ בְכָל־עֵ֑ת בְּ֝אַהֲבָתָ֗הּ תִּשְׁגֶּ֥ה תָמִֽיד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- the lovingאַ֫הַב'ahab · loverH158
- hindאַיֶּלֶת'ayĕlĕth · doeH365
- and pleasantחֵןchên · favorH2580
- roeיַעֲלָהya‛ălâh · mountain-goatH3280
- let her breastsדַּדdad · breastH1717
- satisfyרָוָהrâvâh · to quenchH7301
- thee at all timesעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
- and be thou ravishedשָׁגָהshâgâh · to wanderH7686
- alwaysתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548
- with her loveאַהֲבָה'ahăbâh · loveH160
Cross-references for Proverbs 5:19
Commentaries on Proverbs 5:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19The loving hind and pleasant roe - By אילת aiyeleth, the deer; by יעלה yaalah, the ibex or mountain goat, may be meant. Let her breasts satisfy thee - As the infant is satisfied with the breasts of its mother; so shouldst thou be with the wife of thy youth.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Better, “A loving hind (is she) and pleasant roe.” As in the whole circle of Arab and Persian poetry the antelope and the gazelle are the chosen images of beauty, so they served with equal fitness for the masculine and feminine types of it. (Compare the names Tabitha and Dorcas Acts 9:36.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-23Verses 15-23 Lawful marriage is a means God has appointed to keep from these destructive vices. But we are not properly united, except as we attend to God's word, seeking his direction and blessing, and acting with affection. Ever remember, that though secret sins may escape the eyes of our fellow-creatures, yet a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, who not only sees, but ponders all his goings. Those who are so foolish as to choose the way of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19fawn: Compare with Song of Solomon 4:5.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-2015-20. By figures, in which well, cistern, and fountain [Pr 5:15, 18] represent the wife, and rivers of waters [Pr 5:16] the children, men are exhorted to constancy and satisfaction in lawful conjugal enjoyments. In Pr 5:16, fountains (in the plural) rather denote the produce or waters of a spring, literally, "what is from a spring," and corresponds with "rivers of waters."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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