Proverbs 5:20
And why wilt thou, beni (my son), be intoxicated with a zarah (strange woman), 1 and embrace the kheyk (bosom) of a nochriyah (foreign [heathen] woman)? 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
In Context
21For the drakhim ish are before the eyes of Hashem, 1 and He pondereth all his ma'agalot (paths). 1
Cross References
1 Kings 11:1But Sh'lomo Hamelech loved nashim nokhriyyot rabbot (many foreign women), besides Bat Pharaoh: Moaviyyot, Ammoniyyot, Adomiyyot, Tzedeniyyot, Chittiyyot,
Proverbs 6:24To be shomer over thee, keeping thee from the eshet rah, 1 from the smooth lashon of the nokhriyah (strange woman). 1
Proverbs 22:14The peh (mouth) of zarot (strange women) is a deep pit; 1 he that is under the wrath of Hashem shall fall therein. 1
Proverbs 23:33Thine eynayim shall behold zarot (strange women), 1 and thine lev shall utter perverse things. 1
Malachi 2:16For Hashem Elohei Yisroel saith 1 that He hateth putting away: 1 for it covereth oneʼs garment with chamas (violence), 1 saith the Hashem Tzva'os: 1 therefore, be shomer of your ruach, 1 that ye deal not treacherously, breaking faith. 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 →