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and thy labours <i>be</i> in the house of a stranger;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Lest aliens be filled with your wealth, And your labors <i>go</i> to the house of a foreigner;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And strangers will be filled with your strength, And your hard-earned possessions <i>will go</i> to the house of a foreigner;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Lest strangers be filled with your strength, And your hard-earned goods <i>go</i> to the house of an alien;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Lest strangers be satisfied by your strength And by your painful labor, <i>those</i> in the house of a foreigner;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned wealth will go to the house of a foreigner [who does not know God];<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />strangers will drain your resources, and your hard-earned pay will end up in a foreigner’s house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />strangers will drain your resources, and your earnings will end up in a foreigner&#8217s house. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors be in the house of an alien,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Strangers will get your money and everything else you have worked for. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Lest strangers be filled with thy strength; and thy labours be in the house of an alien;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />or strangers will benefit from your strength and you will have to work hard in a pagan's house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Yes, strangers will take all your wealth, and what you have worked for will belong to someone else. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />so that strangers don't enrich themselves at your expense, and your work won't end up the possession of foreigners. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man's house. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors be in the house of a stranger;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Lest strangers be filled [with] your power, "" And your labors in the house of a stranger,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Lest strangers be filled with thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Lest strangers shall be filled with thy strength, and thy labors in the house of strangers;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man's house, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Otherwise, outsiders may be filled with your strength, and your labors may be in a foreign house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Lest outsiders take their fill of your wealth, and your hard-won earnings go to another’s house; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and strangers will take their fill of your wealth, and your labors will go to the house of an alien;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Lest strangers be filled with your wealth, and your labors be in the house of strangers;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And foreigners will be filled with your power and your labor enter into the house of strangers<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labours be in the house of an alien;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=809" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/5.htm">Avoiding Immorality</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel; <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6435.htm" title="6435: pen- (Conj) -- Lest. From panah; properly, removal; used only adverb as conjunction, lest.">lest</a> <a href="/hebrew/2114.htm" title="2114: zā·rîm (Adj-mp) -- A primitive root; to turn aside; hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically to commit adultery.">strangers</a> <a href="/hebrew/7646.htm" title="7646: yiś·bə·‘ū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To be sated, satisfied or surfeited. Or sabeay; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. Fill to satisfaction.">feast</a> <a href="/hebrew/3581.htm" title="3581: kō·ḥe·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Or kowach; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally or figuratively; also a large lizard.">on your wealth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6089.htm" title="6089: wa·‘ă·ṣā·ḇe·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 2ms) -- An earthen vessel, toil, a pang. From atsab; an earthen vessel; usually toil; also a pang: grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.">and your labors</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bə·ḇêṯ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">enrich the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/5237.htm" title="5237: nā·ḵə·rî (Adj-ms) -- Foreign, alien. From neker; strange, in a variety of degrees and applications.">of a foreigner.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Deuteronomy 28:33</a></span><br />A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/6-2.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:2</a></span><br />God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-7.htm">Isaiah 1:7</a></span><br />Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Jeremiah 5:17</a></span><br />They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/7-9.htm">Hosea 7:9</a></span><br />Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-14.htm">Micah 6:14</a></span><br />You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6</a></span><br />You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/2-2.htm">Malachi 2:2</a></span><br />If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/20-15.htm">Job 20:15</a></span><br />He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/109-11.htm">Psalm 109:11</a></span><br />May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-20</a></span><br />Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-20.htm">Luke 12:20-21</a></span><br />But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’ / This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/15-13.htm">Luke 15:13-14</a></span><br />After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living. / After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-10.htm">John 10:10</a></span><br />The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Romans 13:13-14</a></span><br />Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. / Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Lest strangers be filled with your wealth; and your labors be in the house of a stranger;</p><p class="hdg">strangers</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/6-35.htm">Proverbs 6:35</a></b></br> He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/7-9.htm">Hosea 7:9</a></b></br> Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth <i>it</i> not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/15-30.htm">Luke 15:30</a></b></br> But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.</p><p class="hdg">wealth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/31-3.htm">Proverbs 31:3</a></b></br> Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/2-16.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/psalms/65-9.htm">Enrich</a> <a href="/psalms/81-3.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-13.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-10.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-31.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-9.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/proverbs/4-18.htm">Full</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-13.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-8.htm">House</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-9.htm">Others</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-9.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-16.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/psalms/146-9.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-9.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/psalms/127-2.htm">Toil</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-9.htm">Wealth</a> <a href="/psalms/143-5.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/5-20.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-16.htm">Enrich</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-14.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-19.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-18.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-19.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-14.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-11.htm">Full</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-31.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-31.htm">House</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-15.htm">Others</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-20.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-20.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-17.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-14.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-22.htm">Toil</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-31.htm">Wealth</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-6.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/5-1.htm">Solomon exhorts to wisdom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/5-3.htm">He shows the mischief of unfaithfulness and riot</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/5-15.htm">He exhorts to contentedness, generosity, and chastity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/5-22.htm">The wicked are overtaken with their own sins</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the ancient Near Eastern context, wealth was often tied to land, livestock, and produce, which were vital for survival and prosperity. The idea of "strangers" feasting on one's wealth implies a loss of control and the squandering of resources meant for one's own family. This aligns with the biblical principle of stewardship, where individuals are called to manage their resources wisely (<a href="/proverbs/21-20.htm">Proverbs 21:20</a>). The imagery of strangers consuming wealth also echoes the covenantal warnings found in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Deuteronomy 28:33</a>, where disobedience leads to foreign nations consuming the fruits of the Israelites' labor.<p><b>and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner</b><br>This part of the verse highlights the futility and injustice of one's efforts benefiting those outside the intended circle of blessing. In the historical context of Israel, the "house of a foreigner" could refer to neighboring nations or peoples who did not share the covenant relationship with God. The Israelites were warned against alliances and behaviors that would lead to their subjugation or exploitation by foreign powers (<a href="/judges/2-3.htm">Judges 2:3</a>). This phrase serves as a caution against allowing one's life and efforts to be directed away from God's purposes, resulting in the enrichment of those who do not honor Him. It also reflects the broader biblical theme of exile and loss, where disobedience leads to the forfeiture of God's blessings, as seen in the Babylonian exile (<a href="/2_kings/24-14.htm">2 Kings 24:14</a>). Theologically, it underscores the importance of faithfulness and the consequences of turning away from divine wisdom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/strangers.htm">Strangers</a></b><br>In the context of Proverbs, "strangers" often refers to those outside the covenant community of Israel, representing influences or entities that are not aligned with God's wisdom and commandments.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/f/foreigners.htm">Foreigners</a></b><br>Similar to "strangers," foreigners in this context symbolize those who do not share the values and beliefs of the covenant community, potentially leading one away from God's path.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wealth_and_labors.htm">Wealth and Labors</a></b><br>These terms refer to the fruits of one's efforts and resources, which are at risk of being squandered or misappropriated when one strays from wisdom.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/guard_your_resources.htm">Guard Your Resources</a></b><br>Be vigilant about where and how you invest your time, energy, and resources. Align them with God's wisdom to prevent loss to unworthy causes or people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/avoiding_temptation.htm">Avoiding Temptation</a></b><br>Recognize the dangers of straying from God's path, which can lead to personal and financial ruin. Stay committed to biblical principles to safeguard your life and assets.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/wisdom_in_relationships.htm">Wisdom in Relationships</a></b><br>Choose relationships wisely, ensuring they are grounded in shared values and faith. This helps prevent the emotional and financial drain that can come from entanglements with those who do not share your commitment to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Understand that turning away from God's wisdom can lead to tangible losses. Obedience to God's commands is a safeguard against such outcomes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_original_bible_texts_have_punctuation.htm">What are the Bible's teachings on generosity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_midlife_crisis.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on a midlife crisis?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_humble_believers_face_hardship.htm">Proverbs 22:4: If humility and fear of the Lord lead to riches and honor, why do many humble believers remain in poverty or face hardship?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_avoid_fights_and_promote_peace.htm">How can we show respect to others biblically?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - Another temporal consequence of, and deterrent against, a life of profligacy. <span class="cmt_word">Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger</span>. The margin reads, "thy strength" for "thy wealth," but the text properly renders the original <span class="accented">koakh</span>, which means "substance," "wealth," "riches" - the youth's possessions in money and property (Delitzsch). The primary meaning of the word is "strength" or "might," as appears from the verb <span class="accented">kakhakh</span>, "to exert one's self," from which it is derived, but the parallel <span class="accented">atsabeyka</span>, "thy toils," rendered "thy labours," determines its use in the secondary sense here. Compare the similar passage in <a href="/hosea/7-9.htm">Hosea 7:9</a>, "Strangers have devoured his strength [<span class="accented">koakh, i.e.</span> ' his possessions'], and he knoweth it not" (see also <a href="/job/6-22.htm">Job 6:22</a>). <span class="accented">Koakh</span> is the concrete product resulting from the abstract strength or ability when brought into action. <span class="accented">Thy labours</span> (<span class="accented">atsabeyka</span>); <span class="accented">i.e.</span> thy toils, the product of laborious toil, that which you have gotten by the labour of your hands, and earned with the sweat of your brow. Fleischer compares the Italian <span class="accented">i miri sudori</span>, and the French <span class="accented">mes sueurs.</span> The singular <span class="accented">etsev</span> signifies "heavy toilsome labour," and the plural (<span class="accented">atsavim</span>, "labours," things done with toil, and so the idea passes to the resultant of the labour. Compare the very similar expression in <a href="/psalms/127-2.htm">Psalm 127:2</a>, <span class="accented">lekhem naatsavim</span>, equivalent to "bread obtained by toilsome labour;" Authorized Version, "the bread of sorrows." The Authorized Version properly supplies the verb "be" against those (<span class="accented">e.g.</span> Holden <span class="accented">et alli</span>) who join on "thy labours" to the previous verb "be filled," as an accusative, and render, "and with thy labours in the house of a stranger." So also the LXX. and the Vulgate, "and thy labours come" (<span class="greek">ἕλθωσι</span>, LXX.) or "be" (<span class="accented">sint</span>, Vulgate) "to the house of strangers" (<span class="greek">εἰς οἴκους ἀλλοτρίων</span>) or, "in a strange house" (<span class="accented">in aliena domo</span>). In the latter case the Vulgate is wrong, as <span class="accented">nok'ri</span> in the phrase <span class="accented">beyth nok'ri</span> is always personal (Delitzsch), and should be rendered, as in the Authorized Version, "in the house of a stranger." The meaning of the verse is that a life of impurity transfers the profligate's substance, his wealth and possessions, to others, who will be satiated at his expense, and, being strangers, are indifferent to his ruin. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/5-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">lest</span><br /><span class="heb">פֶּֽן־</span> <span class="translit">(pen-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6435.htm">Strong's 6435: </a> </span><span class="str2">Removal, lest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">strangers</span><br /><span class="heb">זָרִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(zā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2114.htm">Strong's 2114: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">feast</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂבְּע֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·bə·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7646.htm">Strong's 7646: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be sated, satisfied or surfeited</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on your wealth,</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּחֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(kō·ḥe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3581.htm">Strong's 3581: </a> </span><span class="str2">A small reptile (of unknown species)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your labors</span><br /><span class="heb">וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·ṣā·ḇe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6089.htm">Strong's 6089: </a> </span><span class="str2">An earthen vessel, toil, a pang</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[enrich] the house</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּבֵ֣ית</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of a foreigner.</span><br /><span class="heb">נָכְרִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ḵə·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5237.htm">Strong's 5237: </a> </span><span class="str2">Foreign, alien</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/5-10.htm">Proverbs 5:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/5-10.htm">Proverbs 5:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/5-10.htm">Proverbs 5:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/5-10.htm">Proverbs 5:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/5-10.htm">Proverbs 5:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/5-10.htm">Proverbs 5:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/5-10.htm">Proverbs 5:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/5-10.htm">Proverbs 5:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/5-10.htm">Proverbs 5:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/5-10.htm">Proverbs 5:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/5-10.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 5:10 Lest strangers feast on your wealth (Prov. 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