KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 5:17–19
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Proverbs 5:17
17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
17Let them be onely thine owne, and not strangers with thee.
Proverbs 5:18
18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
18Let thy fountaine be blessed: and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.
Proverbs 5:19
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.
19††Let her bee as the louing Hinde and pleasant Roe, let her breasts satisfie thee at all times, and be thou rauisht alwayes with her loue.
- Heb. water thee.
- Heb. erre thou alwayes in her loue.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 5:17
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Belonging to oneself; peculiar or proper to the person or thing named.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Proverbs 5:18
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Favored by God; happy or spiritually prosperous; or praised, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The part of life that suceeeds to childhood.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Proverbs 5:19
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Entertaining a strong affection for; having tender regard for.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A female deer.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Cheerful; enlivening. Giving pleasure; gratifying.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The swift deerlike creature called a roe in the KJV.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The front part of the body between the neck and the belly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To gratify wants, wishes or desires to the full extent; to supply possession or enjoyment till no more is desired.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Carried away or overcome by love or delight.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Always; continually, regularly, or throughout the time stated.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Affection, goodwill, devoted regard, or charity; as a verb, to regard with such affection or goodwill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 18
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Open the full verse study9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
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Open the full verse study14¶ Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
15And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
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Open the full verse study15A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
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Open the full verse study12A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
From verse 19
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Open the full verse study3Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
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Open the full verse study9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
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Open the full verse study5Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
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Open the full verse study14¶ Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
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Open the full verse study15¶ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
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Open the full verse study17Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
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Open the full verse study4And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
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