Proverbs 5:18

Let thy makor (fountain) be blessed; 1 and rejoice with the isha of thy youth. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

In Context

17Let them be only thine own, 1 and never zarim (strangers) with thee. 1

19Let her be as the loving deer and graceful doe; 1 let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; 1 and be thou enraptured tamid (ever) with ahavat (love of) her. 1

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 4:12A gan (garden) locked is my sister, my kallah; 1 a spring enclosed, a ma'ayan (fountain) sealed. 1

Malachi 2:14Yet ye say: Wherefore? 1 Because Hashem hath been ed (witness) 1 between thee and the wife of thy youth, 1 against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, breaking faith: 1 yet is she thy chaveret, 1 and the wife of thy brit. 1

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:16-23

Conjugal Fidelity Enjoined. 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. 16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. 17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 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. 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange… Read the whole commentary →

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