The Meaning of Proverbs 5:10 Explained

Proverbs 5:10

KJV: Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

YLT: Lest strangers be filled with thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,

Darby: lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil come into the house of a stranger;

ASV: Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors be in the house of an alien,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Lest strangers  be filled  with thy wealth;  and thy labours  [be] in the house  of a stranger; 

What does Proverbs 5:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 5:1-14 - Quicksands! Keep Off!
It is a matter for great thankfulness that the Bible, which is God's book rather than man's, deals so strongly and wisely with one great evil, which has manifested itself in every age and in every state of society. It speaks boldly and plainly; and all who will meditate on its teaching with a prayerful heart, will be saved from many a painful snare. If we fall it will only be due to our having refused to heed the voice that speaks to us from paragraphs like these.
The one great caution that we must all observe is in the control of our thoughts. The soul must never lie open to the tide of suggestive thoughts that break along its beach. As of old the watchman kept the gate of the medieval city so soon as darkness fell, so must the purity of God keep watch and ward at eye-gate, ear-gate, and touch-gate, lest some emissary of evil gain entrance and betray the citadel. Let Christ be the custodian of thy soul, whether thou be man or woman, old or young, and let Him impart to thee His own divine and human purity. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 5

1  Solomon exhorts to wisdom
3  He shows the mischief of unfaithfulness and riot
15  He exhorts to contentedness, generosity, and chastity
22  The wicked are overtaken with their own sins

What do the individual words in Proverbs 5:10 mean?

lest be filled aliens with your wealth and your labors [go] to the house of a foreigner
פֶּֽן־ יִשְׂבְּע֣וּ זָרִ֣ים כֹּחֶ֑ךָ וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ בְּבֵ֣ית נָכְרִֽי

פֶּֽן־  lest 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: פֶּן  
Sense: lest, not, beware lest adv.
יִשְׂבְּע֣וּ  be  filled 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׂבַע  
Sense: to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited.
זָרִ֣ים  aliens 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: זוּר 
Sense: to be strange, be a stranger.
כֹּחֶ֑ךָ  with  your  wealth 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: כֹּחַ 
Sense: strength, power, might.
וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ  and  your  labors  [go] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: עֶצֶב 
Sense: pain, hurt, toil, sorrow, labour, hardship.
בְּבֵ֣ית  to  the  house 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
נָכְרִֽי  of  a  foreigner 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: נָכְרִי  
Sense: foreign, alien.

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