King James Version
"Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:"
— Proverbs 5:9, King James Version
“Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel; ”
“lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;”
“lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,”
“Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel.”
“For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:”
“Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:”
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;