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Proverbs 5:15

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

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שְׁתֵהshetehbanquetשָׁתָהverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “banquet”, a commandH8354to imbibe (literally or figuratively)[idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)מַ֥יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).מִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָmiborekhafrom cisternבּוֹרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from cistern”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH953a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.וְ֝נֹזְלִ֗יםvenozelimand distilנָזַלconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and distil”, a verb used as a describing wordH5140to drip, or shed by tricklingdistil, drop, flood, (cause to) flow(-ing), gush out, melt, pour (down), running water, stream.מִתּ֥וֹךְmitokhefrom amongתָּוֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from among”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8432a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centreamong(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).בְּאֵרֶֽךָbeerekhawellבְּאֵרnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “well”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH875a pit; especially a wellpit, well.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.

Young’s Literal Translation

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.

World English Bible

Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.

Darby Translation

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Douay-Rheims

Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Drink waters out of thine own vessels, and out of thine own springing wells.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πίνε ὕδατα ἀπὸ σῶν ἀγγείων, καὶ ἀπὸ σῶν φρεάτων πηγῆς.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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