ris3n's Apologetics Codex

Passage

Proverbs 5.1

Book: Proverbs · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

1. My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:

  1. That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3. For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil: (Proverbs 5:1-3, ASV)
WEB

1. My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:

  1. that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge. 3. For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil, (Proverbs 5:1-3, WEB)
KJV

1. My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

  1. That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3. For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: mouth: Heb. palate (Proverbs 5:1-3, KJV)
YLT

1. My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

  1. To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep. 3. For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil [is] her mouth, (Proverbs 5:1-3, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

  • ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
  • WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
  • KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
  • YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See Bibles for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.