Proverbs 5:19 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 5:19

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.

KJV

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ASV

Asa loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

WEB

A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.

YLT

A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.

DBT

As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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12 verses on the floor

Song of Solomon 7:3
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
Song of Solomon 4:5
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 2:9
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
Song of Solomon 8:14
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
Song of Solomon 4:9
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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By figures, in which well, cistern, and fountain [Pr 5:15, 18] represent the wife, and rivers of waters [Pr 5:16] the children, men are exhorted to constancy and satisfaction in lawful conjugal enjoyments. In Pr 5:16, fountains (in the plural) rather denote the produce or waters of a spring, literally, "what is from a spring," and corresponds with "rivers of waters."

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

If thou wilt suffer thy love to run into an excess, and wilt be dotingly fond of any body, let it be only of thy own wife, where there is least danger of exceeding." This is drinking waters, to quench the thirst of thy appetite, out of thy own cistern, and running waters, which are clear, and sweet, and wholesome, out of thy own well,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

loving . . . roe--other figures for a wife from the well-known beauty of these animals. breasts--(Compare So 1:13; Eze 23:3, 8). ravished--literally, "intoxicated," that is, fully satisfied.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Satisfy thee - At all convenient times: for that there may be excess in the marriage-bed is manifest. Ravished - Love her fervently. It is an hyperbolical expression.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PRO 5:19PRO 5:15 1CO 7:2-5
PRO 5:19SNG 2:9 SNG 2:17
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PRO 5:19PRO 5:15 HEB 13:4
PRO 5:19PRO 5:15 PRO 5:18-19
PRO 5:19SNG 2:9 SNG 8:14
PRO 5:19SNG 7:3 SNG 4:5
PRO 5:19SNG 4:5 SNG 2:16
PRO 5:19SNG 4:5 SNG 6:3

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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