Proverbs 5:15-16
Proverbs 5:15-16 The Message (MSG)
Do you know the saying, “Drink from your own rain barrel, draw water from your own spring-fed well”? It’s true. Otherwise, you may one day come home and find your barrel empty and your well polluted.
Proverbs 5:15-16 King James Version (KJV)
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well. Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, And rivers of waters in the streets.
Proverbs 5:15-16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well. Should your springs be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets?
Proverbs 5:15-16 New Century Version (NCV)
Be faithful to your own wife, just as you drink water from your own well. Don’t pour your water in the streets; don’t give your love to just any woman.
Proverbs 5:15-16 American Standard Version (ASV)
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well. Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?
Proverbs 5:15-16 New International Version (NIV)
Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well. Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
Proverbs 5:15-16 New King James Version (NKJV)
Drink water from your own cistern, And running water from your own well. Should your fountains be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets?
Proverbs 5:15-16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
¶Drink water from your own cistern [of a pure marriage relationship] And fresh running water from your own well. Should your springs (children) be dispersed, As streams of water in the streets?
Proverbs 5:15-16 New Living Translation (NLT)
Drink water from your own well— share your love only with your wife. Why spill the water of your springs in the streets, having sex with just anyone?