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15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
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15 Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.
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16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
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16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
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17 Let them be only thine own, and not for strangers with thee.
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17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
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18 Let thy fountain be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
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18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
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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.
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19 A loving doe, a graceful deer-- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.
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20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
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20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?
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| Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved. (Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
