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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/5-14.htm" title="Proverbs 5:14">◄</a> Proverbs 5:15 <a href="../proverbs/5-16.htm" title="Proverbs 5:16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#classic" class="clickchap2" title="Classic Translations"> CLA </a> <a href="#literal" class="clickchap2" title="Literal Translations"> LIT </a> <a href="#catholic" class="clickchap2" title="Catholic Translations"> CAT </a> <a href="#aramaic" class="clickchap2" title="Translations from Aramaic"> ARA </a> <a href="#strongs" class="clickchap2" title="Parallel Strong's"> STR </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><b>Modern Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/proverbs/5.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/proverbs/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Drink water from your own well— share your love only with your wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/5.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Drink water from your own cistern, And fresh water from your own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Drink water from your own cistern, And fresh water from your own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Drink water from your own cistern [of a pure marriage relationship] And fresh running water from your own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Drink water from your own cistern, water flowing from your own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Drink water from your own cistern, water flowing from your own well. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You should be faithful to your wife, just as you take water from your own well. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Be faithful to your own wife and give your love to her alone. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Drink water out of your own cistern and running water from your own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Drink water from your own cistern, and fresh water from your own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well. </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Drink water from your own cistern, And running water from your own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/proverbs/5.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />Drink waters out of your own cistern, and running waters out of your own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/proverbs/5.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />Drink waters out of your own cistern, and running waters out of your own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/proverbs/5.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />Drink waters out of your own cistern and running waters out of your own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/proverbs/5.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Drink waters out of thy own cistern, and running waters out of thy own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/proverbs/5.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />Drinke the water of thy cisterne, and of the riuers out of the middes of thine owne well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/proverbs/5.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />Drinke of the water of thyne owne well, and of the riuers that runne out of thyne owne spring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/proverbs/5.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />Drinke of the water of thine owne well, and of the ryuers that runne out of thine owne spriges.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Drink waters out of your own cistern, "" Even flowing ones out of your own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Drink water from thy pit, and flowing from the midst of thy well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Drink water from your own cistern and from the springs of your own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Drink waters from your well and running waters from your spring,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Drink water out of your own well, and running water from your own spring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Drink waters out of thine own vessels, and out of thine own springing wells.</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div 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A primitive root; to imbibe.">Drink</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">water</a> <a href="/hebrew/953.htm" title="953: mib·bō·w·re·ḵā (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A pit, cistern, well. From buwr; a pit hole.">from your own cistern,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5140.htm" title="5140: wə·nō·zə·lîm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To flow, trickle, drop, distill. A primitive root; to drip, or shed by trickling.">and running water</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: mit·tō·wḵ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/875.htm" title="875: bə·’ê·re·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A well, pit. From ba'ar; a pit; especially a well.">your own well.</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/proverbs/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354. shathah (shaw-thaw') -- to drink">Drink</a><a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325. mayim (mah'-yim) -- waters, water"> waters</a><a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from"> out of</a><a href="/hebrew/953.htm" title="953. bowr (bore) -- cistern"> thine own cistern</a><a href="/hebrew/5140.htm" title="5140. nazal (naw-zal') -- to flow, trickle, drop, distill">, Even flowing</a><a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432. tavek (taw'-vek) -- midst"> ones out of</a><a href="/hebrew/875.htm" title="875. 'er (be-ayr') -- a well, pit"> thine own well.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="שׁתה vqvms 8354">Drink</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="מַיִם ncmpa 4325"> water</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="מִן Pp 4480"> from</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ְכָ psn2ms"> your own</a> <a href="/hebrew/953.htm" title="בֹּור ncmsc 953"> cistern</a>, <a href="/hebrew/5140.htm" title="נֹזֵל ncmpa 5140">water flowing</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="מִן Pp 4480"> from</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="תָּוֶךְ ncmsc 8432"></a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ְכָ psn2ms"> your own</a> <a href="/hebrew/875.htm" title="בְּאֵר_1 ncfsc 875"> well</a>.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/proverbs/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354. shathah (shaw-thaw') -- to drink">Drink</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325. mayim (mah'-yim) -- waters, water">water</a> <a href="/hebrew/953a.htm" title="953a">from your own cistern</a> <a href="/hebrew/5140.htm" title="5140. nazal (naw-zal') -- to flow, trickle, drop, distill">And fresh</a> <a href="/hebrew/5140.htm" title="5140. nazal (naw-zal') -- to flow, trickle, drop, distill">water</a> <a href="/hebrew/875.htm" title="875. 'er (be-ayr') -- a well, pit">from your own well.</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354. shathah (shaw-thaw') -- to drink">Drink</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325. mayim (mah'-yim) -- waters, water">waters</a> <a href="/hebrew/953.htm" title="953. bowr (bore) -- cistern">out of thine own cistern,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5140.htm" title="5140. nazal (naw-zal') -- to flow, trickle, drop, distill">and running waters</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432. tavek (taw'-vek) -- midst">out of</a> <a href="/hebrew/875.htm" title="875. 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