Catholic Public Domain Version
"Otherwise, outsiders may be filled with your strength, and your labors may be in a foreign house, "
— Proverbs 5:10, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;”
“Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors be in the house of an alien, ”
“lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house.”
“lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.”
“Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man's house,”
“And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;”
“Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;”
Therefore, my son, listen to me now, and do not withdraw from the words of my mouth.
Make your way at a distance from her, and do not approach the doors of her house.
Do not give your honor to foreigners, and your years to the cruel.
Otherwise, outsiders may be filled with your strength, and your labors may be in a foreign house,
and you may mourn in the end, when you will have consumed your flesh and your body. And so you may say:
“Why have I detested discipline, and why has my heart not been quieted by correction?
And why have I not listened to the voice of those who guided me? And why has my ear not inclined to my teachers?