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Proverbs Chapter 5 verse 7 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 5:7

Now therefore, `my' sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth.
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BBE Proverbs 5:7

Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.
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DARBY Proverbs 5:7

And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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KJV Proverbs 5:7

Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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WBT Proverbs 5:7

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WEB Proverbs 5:7

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth.
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YLT Proverbs 5:7

And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 7-14. - The ruinous consequences of indulgence in illicit pleasures. Verse 7. - The subject of which the teacher is heating demands the utmost attention of youth. Enough, it might be supposed, had been said to deter from intercourse with the "strange woman." She has been portrayed in her real colours, plunging recklessly into ruin herself, and carrying her victims with her; deceitful, full of intrigues, neither walking in nor knowing the way of life. But the warning is amplified and made more impressive. There is another side of the picture, the complete bodily and temporal ruin of her victim. The argumentum ad hominem is applied. There is an appeal to personal interest in the details which follow, which ought not to fail in holding youth back. The form of the address which is repeated is very similar to that in Proverbs 7:24. The plural form, "O ye children" (cf. Proverbs 4:1 and Proverbs 7:24), immediately passes into the singular for the reason mentioned before, that, though the address is made to all, yet each individually is to apply it to himself.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(h). Eighth Discourse:--Against Adultery, and in Praise of Marriage (Proverbs 5:7-23).(7) Hear me now therefore, O ye children.--In this verse Solomon apparently ceases to report the words of his father, and resumes his speech in his own person.