Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings. New Living Translation do not waste your strength on women, on those who ruin kings. English Standard Version Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. Berean Standard Bible Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings. King James Bible Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. New King James Version Do not give your strength to women, Nor your ways to that which destroys kings. New American Standard Bible Do not give your strength to women, Or your ways to that which destroys kings. NASB 1995 Do not give your strength to women, Or your ways to that which destroys kings. NASB 1977 Do not give your strength to women, Or your ways to that which destroys kings. Legacy Standard Bible Do not give your excellence to women, Or your ways to that which blots out kings. Amplified Bible Do not give your [generative] strength to women [neither foreign wives in marriages of alliances, nor concubines], Nor your ways to that which destroys kings. Christian Standard Bible Don’t spend your energy on women or your efforts on those who destroy kings. Holman Christian Standard Bible Don’t spend your energy on women or your efforts on those who destroy kings. American Standard Version Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Do not give your strength to women and your ways for the provisions of Kings Brenton Septuagint Translation Give not thy wealth to women, nor thy mind and living to remorse. Do all things with counsel: drink wine with counsel. Contemporary English Version Don't waste your life chasing after women! This has ruined many kings. Douay-Rheims Bible Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings. English Revised Version Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. GOD'S WORD® Translation Don't give your strength to women or your power to those who ruin kings. Good News Translation Don't spend all your energy on sex and all your money on women; they have destroyed kings. International Standard Version Never devote all your energy to sex, or dedicate your life to destroying kings. JPS Tanakh 1917 Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. Literal Standard Version Do not give your strength to women, | And your ways to wiping away of kings. Majority Standard Bible Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings. New American Bible Do not give your vigor to women, or your strength to those who ruin kings. NET Bible Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which ruins kings. New Revised Standard Version Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. New Heart English Bible Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings. Webster's Bible Translation Give not thy strength to women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. World English Bible Don’t give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings. Young's Literal Translation Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Words of King Lemuel…2What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows? 3Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings. 4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,… Cross References Deuteronomy 17:17 He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold. 1 Kings 11:1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh--women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. Nehemiah 13:26 Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel--yet foreign women drew him into sin. Proverbs 5:9 lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel; Treasury of Scripture Give not your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings. strength Proverbs 5:9-11 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: … Proverbs 7:26,27 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her… Hosea 4:11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. to that Deuteronomy 17:17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. Nehemiah 13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin. Jump to Previous Destroy Destroyeth Destroys Destruction Kings Ruin Spend Strength Vigor Ways Wiping WomenJump to Next Destroy Destroyeth Destroys Destruction Kings Ruin Spend Strength Vigor Ways Wiping WomenProverbs 31 1. Lemuel's lesson of chastity and temperance6. The afflicted are to be comforted and defended 10. The praise and properties of a good wife (3) Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.--A slight change in the punctuation will give a better sense, "to those that destroy kings," i.e., women. Give not thy life to dissipation at their bidding. (Comp. Proverbs 6:24, sqq.; 1Kings 11:1).Verse 3. - Exhortation to chastity. Give not thy strength unto women (comp. Proverbs 5:9). Chayil is "vigour," the bodily powers, which are sapped and enervated by sensuality. The Septuagint has σὸν πλοῦτον; the Vulgate, substantiam tuam; but the prayerful, anxious mother would consider rather her son's personal well being than his worldly circumstances, which, indeed, an Eastern monarch's licentiousness would not necessarily impair. Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings; or, with a slight alteration in the punctuation (and an improved parallelism), to them that destroy kings; "expugnatricibus regum," as Schultens terms them. Women are meant; and the prince is enjoined not to surrender his life, conduct, and actions to the influence of women, who, both by the dissipation and sensuality which they occasion, and the quarrels which they provoke, and the evil counsels which they give, often ruin kings and states (see the injunction, Deuteronomy 17:11). The Vulgate rendering, ad delendos reges, looks as if the warning was against making wars of conquest against neighbouring kings; but this is not a satisfactory parallel to the former clause. Septuagint, "Give not thy wealth unto women, nor thy mind, nor thy life unto remorse (ὑστεροβολίαν). Do all things with counsel; drink wine with counsel." This seems to belong to the next verse. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Do notאַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not spend תִּתֵּ֣ן (tit·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set your strength חֵילֶ֑ךָ (ḥê·le·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength on women לַנָּשִׁ֣ים (lan·nā·šîm) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female or your vigor וּ֝דְרָכֶ֗יךָ (ū·ḏə·rā·ḵe·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action on those who ruin לַֽמְח֥וֹת (lam·ḥō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 4229: To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to kings. מְלָכִֽין׃ (mə·lā·ḵîn) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4428: A king Links Proverbs 31:3 NIVProverbs 31:3 NLT Proverbs 31:3 ESV Proverbs 31:3 NASB Proverbs 31:3 KJV Proverbs 31:3 BibleApps.com Proverbs 31:3 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 31:3 Chinese Bible Proverbs 31:3 French Bible Proverbs 31:3 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 31:3 Don't give your strength to women (Prov. 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