Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Let your fountain be blessed and enjoy 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.
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.
Amplified
Let your fountain (wife) be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity],
And rejoice in the wife of your 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 They should be for you alone and not for strangers who are with you. 18 Let your fountain be blessed and enjoy the wife of your youth. 19 Like a loving deer, a beautiful doe, let her breasts satisfy you all the time. Be constantly intoxicated by her love.
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Find joy in living with your wife whom you love every day of your pointless life that God gave you on earth, because this is your life assignment and your work to do on earth.
Song of Songs 4:12
My sister, my bride, is a locked garden a locked rock garden, a sealed up spring.
Song of Songs 4:15
You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water, streams flowing from Lebanon.
Malachi 2:14-15
Yet you ask, "For what reason?' Because the LORD acts as a witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you were unfaithful to her, your partner, the wife of your covenant.