Proverbs 31:3
Proverbs 31:2-3 The Message (MSG)
“Oh, son of mine, what can you be thinking of! Child whom I bore! The son I dedicated to God! Don’t dilute your strength on fortune-hunting women, promiscuous women who shipwreck leaders.
Proverbs 31:3 King James Version (KJV)
Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
Proverbs 31:3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Do not give your strength to women, Or your ways to that which destroys kings.
Proverbs 31:3 New Century Version (NCV)
Don’t waste your strength on women or your time on those who ruin kings.
Proverbs 31:3 American Standard Version (ASV)
Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
Proverbs 31:3 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
Do not spend your strength on women, your vigour on those who ruin kings.
Proverbs 31:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
Do not give your strength to women, Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
Proverbs 31:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Do not give your [generative] strength to women [neither foreign wives in marriages of alliances, nor concubines], Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
Proverbs 31:3 New Living Translation (NLT)
do not waste your strength on women, on those who ruin kings.