The Meaning of Proverbs 5:11 Explained

Proverbs 5:11

KJV: And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

YLT: And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,

Darby: and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;

ASV: And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And thou mourn  at the last,  when thy flesh  and thy body  are consumed, 

What does Proverbs 5:11 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 5:11 mean?

and you mourn at last when are consumed your flesh and your body
וְנָהַמְתָּ֥ בְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָ בִּכְל֥וֹת בְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗ וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ

וְנָהַמְתָּ֥  and  you  mourn 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: נָהַם  
Sense: to growl, groan.
בְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָ  at  last 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אַחֲרִית  
Sense: after part, end.
בִּכְל֥וֹת  when  are  consumed 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: כָּלָה  
Sense: to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent.
בְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗  your  flesh 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ  and  your  body 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: שְׁאֵר  
Sense: flesh, food, body, near kin, near kinswoman.