Proverbs 5:18
Strong's Lexicon
May your fountain
מְקוֹרְךָ֥ (mə·qō·wr·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4726: 1) spring, fountain 1a) spring 1a1) of source of life, joy, purification (fig.) 1b) of the eye (fig.) 1c) source (of menstruous blood) 1d) flow (of blood after child birth)

be
יְהִֽי־ (yə·hî-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

blessed,
בָר֑וּךְ (ḇā·rūḵ)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1288: 1) to bless, kneel 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to kneel 1a2) to bless 1b) (Niphal) to be blessed, bless oneself 1c) (Piel) to bless 1d) (Pual) to be blessed, be adored 1e) (Hiphil) to cause to kneel 1f) (Hithpael) to bless oneself 2) (TWOT) to praise, salute, curse

and may you rejoice
וּ֝שְׂמַ֗ח (ū·śə·maḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8055: 1) to rejoice, be glad 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to rejoice 1a2) to rejoice (arrogantly), exult (at) 1a3) to rejoice (religiously) 1b) (Piel) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad

in the wife
מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת (mê·’ê·šeṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 802: 1) woman, wife, female 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun)

of your youth:
נְעוּרֶֽךָ׃ (nə·‘ū·re·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5271: 1) youth, early life

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:

Young's Literal Translation
Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let your fountain be blessed, and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.

New American Standard Bible
Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth.

King James Bible
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.

New Living Translation
Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

English Standard Version
Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth,

New American Standard Bible
Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth.

King James Bible
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let your fountain be blessed, and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.

International Standard Version
Let your fountain be blessed and enjoy the wife of your youth.

NET Bible
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife--

American Standard Version
Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

English Revised Version
Let thy fountain be blessed; and rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

Young's Literal Translation
Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,
















Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:5
When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

Proverbs 5:16
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

Proverbs 5:17
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

Proverbs 9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Ecclesiastes 9:9
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Song of Solomon 4:12
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

Song of Solomon 4:15
A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

Malachi 2:14
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 5:15
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Proverbs 5:19
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
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