Proverbs 5:19
Let 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.
††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.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. water thee.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. erre thou alwayes in her loue.
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- Song of Solomon 7:3Rank 1 from verse 19
- Song of Solomon 2:9Rank 2 from verse 19
9My 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.
9†My beloued is like a Roe, or a yong Hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh foorth at the windowe, †shewing himselfe through the lattesse.
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- 2 Samuel 12:4Rank 7 from verse 19
4And 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.
4And there came a traueller vnto the rich man, and he spared to take of his owne flocke, and of his owne herd, to dresse for the wayfaring man that was come vnto him, but tooke the poore mans lambe, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
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Proverbs 5:19
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of love, meaning to regard with affection or devotion.
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A female deer or deer-like wild animal.
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Pleasing, agreeable, desirable, or delightful.
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A small, swift deerlike animal.
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Plural form of breast (the front part of the body between the neck and the belly).
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To gratify wants, wishes or desires to the full extent; to supply possession or enjoyment till no more is desired.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Carried away or overcome by love or delight; in contexts of violence, sexually violated by force.
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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.
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5:15¶ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
5:15¶ Drinke waters out of thine owne cisterne, and running waters out of thine owne well.
5:16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
5:16Let thy fountaines bee dispersed abroad, and riuers of waters in the streets.
5:17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
5:17Let them be onely thine owne, and not strangers with thee.
5:18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
5:18Let thy fountaine be blessed: and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.
5:19Let 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.
5:19††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.
Selected passage5:20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
5:20And why wilt thou, my sonne, be rauisht with a strange woman, and imbrace the bosome of a stranger?
5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
5:21*For the wayes of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.