Proverbs 5:10

Proverbs 5:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
• New International Version (NIV)lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich the house of another.
• English Standard Version (ESV)lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of a foreigner,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Lest aliens be filled with your wealth, And your labors go to the house of a foreigner;

Context of Proverbs 5:10

8Stay far away from her. Do not even go near her door. 9Either you will surrender your reputation to others and ⌞the rest of⌟ your years to some cruel person, or strangers will benefit from your strength and you will have to work hard in a pagan’s house. 11Then you will groan when your end comes, when your body and flesh are consumed. You will say, 12“Oh, how I hated discipline! How my heart despised correction!

Proverbs 5:10 word by word

פֶּֽן־יִשְׂבְּע֣וּ זָרִ֣ים כֹּחֶ֑ךָ וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ בְּבֵ֣ית נָכְרִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Lest strangersזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• be filledשָׂבֵעַώâba‛ ώâbêa‛ · to satisfyH7646
• with thy wealthכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• and thy laboursעֶ֫צֶב‛etseb · toilH6089
• in the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• of a strangerנׇכְרִיnokrîy · foreignH5237

Cross-references for Proverbs 5:10

• Proverbs 6:35No amount of money will change his mind. The largest bribe will not satisfy him.
• Hosea 7:9Foreigners are using up your strength, but you don’t realize it. You have become a gray-haired, old man, but you don’t realize it.
• Luke 15:30But this son of yours spent your money on prostitutes, and when he came home, you killed the fattened calf for him.’
• Proverbs 31:3Don’t give your strength to women or your power to those who ruin kings.

Commentaries on Proverbs 5:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Strangers - The whole gang of those into whose hands the slave of lust yields himself. The words are significant as showing that the older punishment of death Deuteronomy 22:21; Ezekiel 16:38; John 8:5 was not always inflicted, and that the detected adulterer was exposed rather to indefinite extortion. Besides loss of purity and peace, the sin, in all its forms, brings poverty.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10An illicit relationship may seem tempting, but it eventually causes shame. If the woman is a prostitute, the young man will have to pay her, losing income. If the woman is another man's wife, he might have to pay her husband (see Leviticus 20:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. wealth--literally, "strength," or the result of it. labours--the fruit of thy painful exertions (Psa 127:2). There may be a reference to slavery, a commuted punishment for death due the adulterer (De 22:22).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 5:10

• Adultery
• Harlot (Prostitute)
• Lasciviousness
• Remorse
• Temptation
• Women
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Cord
• Mouth
• Education
• Hezekiah (2)
• Proverbs, the Book of
• Purity
• Wisdom

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