Parallel Verses
Amplified
Let your fountain (wife) be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity],
And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Holman Bible
and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.
International Standard Version
Let your fountain be blessed and enjoy the wife of your youth.
A Conservative Version
Let thy fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of thy youth:
American Standard Version
Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.
Bible in Basic English
Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.
Darby Translation
Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.
Julia Smith Translation
Thy fountain shall be blessed: and rejoice from the wife of thy youth.
King James 2000
Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
May your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Modern King James verseion
Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of your youth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let thy well be blessed; and be glad with the wife of thy youth.
NET Bible
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife --
New Heart English Bible
Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
The Emphasized Bible
Let thy well-spring be blessed, - and get thy joy from the wife of thy youth: -
Webster
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
World English Bible
Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Youngs Literal Translation
Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,
Themes
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of a good wife
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Home » Husbands and wives » Duties of husbands
Marriage » The duties of a husband
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Husbands' duties
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 5:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Do Not Commit Adultery Against Wisdom
17
[Confine yourself to your own wife.] Let your children be yours alone,
And not the children of strangers with you.
Let your fountain (wife) be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity],
And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Let her be as a loving hind and graceful doe,
Let her breasts refresh and satisfy you at all times;
Always be
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given you under the sun—all the days of vanity and futility. For this is your reward in life and in your work in which you have labored under the sun.
Song of Songs 4:12
“A garden enclosed is my sister, my [promised] bride—
A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.
Song of Songs 4:15
“You are a fountain in a garden,
A well of fresh and living water,
And streams flowing from Lebanon.”
Malachi 2:14-15
But you say, “Why [does He reject it]?” Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously. Yet she is your marriage companion and the wife of your covenant [made by your vows].