--- title: Proverbs 5 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Proverbs chapter 5 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: My son, attend unto my wisdom; incline thine ear to my understanding; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Proverbs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/) / chapter 5 # Proverbs 5 23 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [5:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.1/) — בְּנִי לְחָכְמָתִי הַקְשִׁיבָה לִתְבוּנָתִי הַט־אָזְנֶֽךָ׃ — My son, attend unto my wisdom; incline thine ear to my understanding; - [5:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.2/) — לִשְׁמֹר מְזִמּוֹת וְדַעַת שְׂפָתֶיךָ יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃ — That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. - [5:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.3/) — כִּי נֹפֶת תִּטֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵי זָרָה וְחָלָק מִשֶּׁמֶן חִכָּֽהּ׃ — For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; - [5:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.4/) — וְֽאַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָה כַֽלַּעֲנָה חַדָּה כְּחֶרֶב פִּיּֽוֹת׃ — But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. - [5:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.5/) — רַגְלֶיהָ יֹרְדוֹת מָוֶת שְׁאוֹל צְעָדֶיהָ יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃ — Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on the nether-world; - [5:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.6/) — אֹרַח חַיִּים פֶּן־תְּפַלֵּס נָעוּ מַעְגְּלֹתֶיהָ לֹא תֵדָֽע׃פ — Lest she should walk the even path of life, her ways wander, but she knoweth it not. - [5:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.7/) — וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִי וְאַל־תָּסוּרוּ מֵאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃ — Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth. - [5:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.8/) — הַרְחֵק מֵעָלֶיהָ דַרְכֶּךָ וְאַל־תִּקְרַב אֶל־פֶּתַח בֵּיתָֽהּ׃ — Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house; - [5:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.9/) — פֶּן־תִּתֵּן לַאֲחֵרִים הוֹדֶךָ וּשְׁנֹתֶיךָ לְאַכְזָרִֽי׃ — Lest thou give thy vigour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel; - [5:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.10/) — פֶּֽן־יִשְׂבְּעוּ זָרִים כֹּחֶךָ וַעֲצָבֶיךָ בְּבֵית נָכְרִֽי׃ — Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in the house of an alien; - [5:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.11/) — וְנָהַמְתָּ בְאַחֲרִיתֶךָ בִּכְלוֹת בְּשָׂרְךָ וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃ — And thou moan, when thine end cometh, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, - [5:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.12/) — וְֽאָמַרְתָּ אֵיךְ שָׂנֵאתִי מוּסָר וְתוֹכַחַת נָאַץ לִבִּֽי׃ — And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; - [5:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.13/) — וְֽלֹא־שָׁמַעְתִּי בְּקוֹל מוֹרָי וְלִֽמְלַמְּדַי לֹא־הִטִּיתִי אָזְנִֽי׃ — Neither have I hearkened to the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! - [5:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.14/) — כִּמְעַט הָיִיתִי בְכָל־רָע בְּתוֹךְ קָהָל וְעֵדָֽה׃ — I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.' - [5:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.15/) — שְׁתֵה־מַיִם מִבּוֹרֶךָ וְנֹזְלִים מִתּוֹךְ בְּאֵרֶֽךָ׃ — Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. - [5:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.16/) — יָפוּצוּ מַעְיְנֹתֶיךָ חוּצָה בָּרְחֹבוֹת פַּלְגֵי־מָֽיִם׃ — Let thy springs be dispersed abroad, and courses of water in the streets. - [5:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.17/) — יִֽהְיוּ־לְךָ לְבַדֶּךָ וְאֵין לְזָרִים אִתָּֽךְ׃ — Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. - [5:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.18/) — יְהִֽי־מְקוֹרְךָ בָרוּךְ וּשְׂמַח מֵאֵשֶׁת נְעוּרֶֽךָ׃ — Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth. - [5:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.19/) — אַיֶּלֶת אֲהָבִים וְֽיַעֲלַת־חֵן דַּדֶּיהָ יְרַוֻּךָ בְכָל־עֵת בְּאַהֲבָתָהּ תִּשְׁגֶּה תָמִֽיד׃ — A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always. - [5:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.20/) — וְלָמָּה תִשְׁגֶּה בְנִי בְזָרָה וּתְחַבֵּק חֵק נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ — Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien? - [5:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.21/) — כִּי נֹכַח ׀ עֵינֵי יְהוָה דַּרְכֵי־אִישׁ וְֽכָל־מַעְגְּלֹתָיו מְפַלֵּֽס׃ — For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He maketh even all his paths. - [5:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.22/) — עַֽווֹנוֹתָיויִלְכְּדֻנוֹ אֶת־הָרָשָׁע וּבְחַבְלֵי חַטָּאתוֹ יִתָּמֵֽךְ׃ — His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. - [5:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.23/) — הוּא יָמוּת בְּאֵין מוּסָר וּבְרֹב אִוַּלְתּוֹ יִשְׁגֶּֽה׃פ — He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall reel. - ← previous: [Proverbs 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/4/) - next →: [Proverbs 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/6/) - ↑ back to [Proverbs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/)