Catholic Public Domain Version
"Let your fountains be diverted far and wide, and divide your waters in the streets. "
— Proverbs 5:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.”
“Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets? ”
“Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?”
“Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas?”
“Let thy fountains be conveyed abroad, and in the streets divide thy waters.”
“Let not your springs be flowing in the streets, or your streams of water in the open places.”
“Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.”
And why have I not listened to the voice of those who guided me? And why has my ear not inclined to my teachers?
I have almost been with all evil in the midst of the church and of the assembly.”
Drink water from your own cistern and from the springs of your own well.
Let your fountains be diverted far and wide, and divide your waters in the streets.
Hold them for yourself alone, and do not let strangers be partakers with you.
Let your spring be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of your youth:
a beloved doe and most pleasing fawn. Let her breasts inebriate you at all times. Be delighted continually by her love.