Proverbs 5:20

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Proverbs 5:20 · King James Version

In other versions

For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
ASV
Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?
BBE
And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
DBY
For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
WEB
And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?
YLT
And why will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
ENG
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
WBT
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
BSB

¹⁸Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

¹⁹Let 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.

²⁰And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

²¹For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

²²His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.