1My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding, (Pr 2:1; Pr 4:20; Pr 22:17)2that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge. (Pr 1:4; Mal 2:7)3For the lips of a forbidden[1] woman drip honey, and her speech[2] is smoother than oil, (Ps 55:21; Pr 2:16)4but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. (De 29:18; Ps 55:21; Ps 57:4; Ps 149:6; Ec 7:26; Jer 9:15; La 3:15; La 3:19; Re 8:11)5Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to[3] Sheol; (Pr 7:27)6she does not ponder the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it. (Pr 4:26; Pr 5:21)7And now, O sons, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth. (Pr 4:1)8Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,9lest you give your honor to others and your years to the merciless,10lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of a foreigner, (Ps 127:2)11and at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed, (Eze 24:23)12and you say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof! (Ps 107:11; Pr 1:22; Pr 1:25; Pr 1:29; Pr 12:1)13I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors.14I am at the brink of utter ruin in the assembled congregation.” (Ps 94:17)15Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. (Pr 5:18; Pr 9:17; So 4:12; So 4:15; Jer 2:13)16Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets? (Ps 68:26; Jer 9:21; Zec 8:5)17Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. (Pr 14:10)18Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, (De 24:5; Pr 5:15; Mal 2:14)19a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated[4] always in her love. (So 2:9; So 2:17; So 8:14; Jer 31:14)20Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?[5] (Pr 2:16)21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders[6] all his paths. (Job 14:16; Ps 11:4; Ps 119:168; Pr 5:6; Ho 7:2; Heb 4:13)22The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin. (Ps 7:15; Pr 6:2)23He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray. (Job 4:21; Job 12:24)
1My son, pay attention to my wisdom, turn your ear to my words of insight,2that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.3For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;4but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.6She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.7Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.8Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house,9lest you lose your honour to others and your dignity[1] to one who is cruel,10lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich the house of another.11At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.12You will say, ‘How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!13I would not obey my teachers or turn my ear to my instructors.14And I was soon in serious trouble in the assembly of God’s people.’15Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.16Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?17Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.19A loving doe, a graceful deer – may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love.20Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?21For your ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all your paths.22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast.23For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly.
1My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Listen carefully to my wise sayings.2Then you will continue to have good sense. Your lips will keep on speaking words of knowledge.3A woman who commits adultery has lips that drip honey. What she says is smoother than olive oil.4But in the end she is like bitter poison. She cuts like a sword that has two edges.5Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to the grave.6She doesn’t give any thought to her way of life. Her paths have no direction, but she doesn’t realise it.7My sons, listen to me. Don’t turn away from what I say.8Stay on a path far away from that evil woman. Don’t even go near the door of her house.9If you do, you shall lose your honour to other people. You shall give your self-respect to someone who is mean.10Strangers will use up all your wealth. Your hard work will make someone else rich.11At the end of your life you will groan. Your skin and your body will be worn out.12You will say, ‘How I hated to take advice! How my heart refused to be corrected!13I would not obey my teachers. I wouldn’t listen to those who taught me.14I was soon in deep trouble. It happened right in front of the whole assembly of God’s people.’15Drink water from your own well. Drink running water from your own spring.16Should your springs pour out into the streets? Should your streams of water pour out in public places?17No! Let them belong to you alone. Never share them with strangers.18May your fountain be blessed. May the wife you married when you were young make you happy.19She is like a loving doe, a graceful deer. May her breasts always satisfy you. May you always be captured by her love.20My son, why be captured by another man’s wife? Why hug a woman who has gone astray?21The LORD watches your ways. He studies all your paths.22Sinners are trapped by their own evil acts. They are held tight by the ropes of their sins.23They will die because they refused to be corrected. Their sins will capture them because they were very foolish.
Proverbs 5
King James Version
1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:2That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them .7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: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;11And 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!14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers'with thee.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.23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Proverbs 5
Einheitsübersetzung 2016
from Katholisches Bibelwerk1Mein Sohn, merke auf meine Weisheit, / neige meiner Einsicht dein Ohr zu,2damit du Besonnenheit bewahrst / und deine Lippen auf Klugheit achten!3Denn die Lippen der fremden Frau triefen von Honig, / glatter als Öl ist ihr Gaumen. (Pr 7:1; Sir 26:9)4Doch zuletzt ist sie bitter wie Wermut, / scharf wie ein zweischneidiges Schwert.5Ihre Füße steigen zum Tod hinab, / ihre Schritte gehen der Unterwelt zu. (Pr 2:18)6Den Pfad zum Leben verfehlt sie, / ihre Wege schwanken und sie merkt es nicht.7Nun denn, ihr Söhne, hört auf mich, / weicht nicht ab von den Worten, die mein Mund spricht!8Halte deinen Weg von ihr fern, / komm ihrer Haustür nicht nahe!9Sonst schenkst du anderen deinen Glanz, / deine Jahre einem Rücksichtslosen;10sonst sättigen sich Fremde an deinem Vermögen, / die Frucht deiner Arbeit kommt in das Haus eines andern11und am Ende wirst du stöhnen, / wenn dein Leib und dein Fleisch dahinsiechen.12Dann wirst du sagen: Ach, ich habe die Erziehung gehasst, / mein Herz hat die Zurechtweisung verschmäht;13ich habe nicht auf die Stimme meiner Erzieher gehört, / mein Ohr nicht meinen Lehrern zugeneigt.14Fast hätte mich alles Unheil getroffen / in der Versammlung und in der Gemeinde.15Trink Wasser aus deiner eigenen Zisterne, / Wasser, das aus deinem Brunnen quillt!16Sollen deine Quellen auf die Straße fließen, / auf die freien Plätze deine Bäche?17Dir allein sollen sie gehören, / keine Fremden sollen teilen mit dir.18Dein Brunnen sei gesegnet; / freu dich der Frau deiner Jugendtage,19der lieblichen Hindin, der anmutigen Gazelle! / Ihre Brüste sollen dich immer berauschen / und ihre Liebe dich allezeit betören! (So 4:5)20Warum solltest du dich an einer Fremden berauschen, / den Busen einer andern umfangen?21Denn der Weg eines jeden liegt offen vor den Augen des HERRN, / er achtet auf alle seine Pfade.22Die eigenen Verfehlungen überwältigen den Frevler, / die Stricke seiner Sünde halten ihn fest.23Er stirbt aus Mangel an Zucht, / wegen seiner großen Torheit stürzt er ins Verderben.