Sprueche 5:17

17 Dir allein sollen sie gehören, und nicht Fremden mit dir.

Sprueche 5:17 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 5:17

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
] Or "they shall be thine own" ^F21, as the Targum; meaning not the cistern, the well, or the wife, but the fountains and rivers, or the children; by a man's cleaving to his own wife, who is a chaste and virtuous woman, he is satisfied that the children he has by her are his own, and not another's; whereas if he has to do with a common harlot, it is uncertain whose children they are, she prostituting herself to many: it may be applied to the peculiar possession and steadfast retention of the truths of the Gospel, in opposition to all divers and strange doctrines propagated by others; see ( Revelation 2:25 ) ( 3:11 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (Kl wyhy) "erunt tui", Mercerus, Cocceius; "erunt tibi", Baynus; "existent tibi", Schultens.

Sprueche 5:17 In-Context

15 Trinke Wasser aus deiner Zisterne und Fließendes aus deinem Brunnen.

16 Mögen nach außen sich ergießen deine Quellen, deine Wasserbäche auf die Straßen.

17 Dir allein sollen sie gehören, und nicht Fremden mit dir.

18 Deine Quelle sei gesegnet, und erfreue dich an dem Weibe deiner Jugend;

19 die liebliche Hindin und anmutige Gemse, ihre Brüste mögen dich berauschen zu aller Zeit, taumle stets in ihrer Liebe.