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19 As a loving hind and a pleasant doe,
Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times;
And [a]be thou ravished always with her love.
20 For why shouldest thou, my son, [b]be ravished with a strange woman,
And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah;
And he [c]maketh level all his paths.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:19 Hebrew go astray.
  2. Proverbs 5:20 Hebrew go astray.
  3. Proverbs 5:21 Or, weigheth carefully

19 A loving doe, a graceful deer(A)
    may her breasts satisfy you always,
    may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
    Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

21 For your ways are in full view(B) of the Lord,
    and he examines(C) all your paths.(D)

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