Revised Literal Translation
Proverbs 5:11
11And thou mourn at the last, 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 thy labours be in the house of a stranger; And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
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וְנָהַמְתָּ֥ בְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָ בִּכְל֥וֹת בְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗ וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 5:11
- Proverbs 7:23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
- Deuteronomy 32:29O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
- Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
- Romans 6:21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
- Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
- Revelation 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
- Revelation 22:15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
- Numbers 5:27And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
- 1 Corinthians 5:4In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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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