PRO 5:15 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Drink water from your cistern
⇔ and flowing waters from the midst of your well.

UST So be like someone who only drinks water from his own well;
⇔ have sex with your wife only.

BSB ⇔ Drink water from your own cistern,
⇔ and running water from your own well.

OEB Drink water from your own cistern,
⇔ running water from your own well.

WEB ⇔ Drink water out of your own cistern,
⇔ running water out of your own well.

WMB (Same as above)

NET Drink water from your own cistern
⇔ and running water from your own well.

LSV Drink waters out of your own cistern,
Even flowing ones out of your own well.

FBV Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.[fn]

5:15 This whole section uses imagery to make the point that husbands and wives should be faithful to each other.

T4T ⇔ Like a man is refreshed by drinking water from his own well [MET],
⇔ enjoy having sex [EUP] only with your own wife.

LEB • own cistern and flowing waters from inside your own well.

BBE Let water from your store and not that of others be your drink, and running water from your fountain.

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

ASV ⇔ Drink waters out of thine own cistern,
⇔ And running waters out of thine own well.

DRA Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well:

YLT Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.

DBY Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

RV Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

WBS Drink waters out of thy own cistern, and running waters out of thy own well.

KJB-1769 ¶ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
(¶ Drink waters out of thine/your own cistern, and running waters out of thine/your own well. )

KJB-1611 No KJB-1611 PRO book available

BB Drinke of the water of thyne owne well, and of the riuers that runne out of thyne owne spring.
(Drinke of the water of thine/your own well, and of the rivers that runne out of thine/your own spring.)

GNV Drinke the water of thy cisterne, and of the riuers out of the middes of thine owne well.
(Drinke the water of thy/your cisterne, and of the rivers out of the middes of thine/your own well. )

CB Drinke of the water of thine owne well, and of the ryuers that runne out of thine owne spriges.
(Drinke of the water of thine/your own well, and of the rivers that runne out of thine/your own spriges.)

WYC Drinke thou watir of thi cisterne, and the floodis of thi pit.
(Drinke thou/you water of thy/your cisterne, and the floodis of thy/your pit.)

LUT Trinke Wasser aus deiner Grube und Flüsse aus deinem Brunnen.
(Trinke water out of deiner Grube and Flüsse out of deinem Brunnen.)

CLV Bibe aquam de cisterna tua, et fluenta putei tui;[fn]
(Bibe waterm about cisterna tua, and fluenta putei tui; )

5.15 Bibe aquam. Docet ab hæreticis cavendum et custodiæ Scripturarum ac lectioni attendendum: scientiam, inquit, quam aliis prædicas, ipse serva, et tui rigatione sermonis infundere.

5.15 Bibe waterm. Docet away hæreticis cavendum and custodiæ Scripturarum ac lectioni attendendum: scientiam, inquit, how aliis prædicas, himself serva, and yours rigatione sermonis infundere.

BRN Drink waters out of thine own vessels, and out of thine own springing wells.

BrLXX Πίνε ὕδατα ἀπὸ σῶν ἀγγείων, καὶ ἀπὸ σῶν φρεάτων πηγῆς.
(Pine hudata apo sōn angeiōn, kai apo sōn freatōn paʸgaʸs. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

שְׁתֵה־מַ֥יִם מִ⁠בּוֹרֶ֑⁠ךָ וְ֝⁠נֹזְלִ֗ים מִ⁠תּ֥וֹךְ בְּאֵרֶֽ⁠ךָ

drink waters from,cistern,your_own and,flowing_water from,inside well,your_own

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second clause emphasizes the meaning of the first clause by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “Drink water from your cistern, yes, drink flowing waters from the midst of your well”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

שְׁתֵה־מַ֥יִם מִ⁠בּוֹרֶ֑⁠ךָ וְ֝⁠נֹזְלִ֗ים מִ⁠תּ֥וֹךְ בְּאֵרֶֽ⁠ךָ

drink waters from,cistern,your_own and,flowing_water from,inside well,your_own

Solomon is leaving out a word in the second clause that in many languages a clause would need in order to be complete. You could supply this word from the first clause if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “Drink water from your cistern, and drink flowing waters from the midst of your well”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

שְׁתֵה־מַ֥יִם מִ⁠בּוֹרֶ֑⁠ךָ וְ֝⁠נֹזְלִ֗ים מִ⁠תּ֥וֹךְ בְּאֵרֶֽ⁠ךָ

drink waters from,cistern,your_own and,flowing_water from,inside well,your_own

In both of these clauses, Solomon is referring in a polite way to a man satisfying his sexual desire with his own wife. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a more normal polite way of referring to this in your language, or you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Sleep with your own wife only and satisfy yourself only with her” or “Satisfy your sexual desire only with your wife, yes, satisfy your sexual desire only with her”

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