Proverbs 5:7

5:7 So now, children, ¹  listen to me;

do not turn aside from the words I speak. ² 

Proverbs 5:10

5:10 lest strangers devour ³  your strength, ⁴ 

and your labor ⁵  benefit ⁶  another man’s house.

[5:7]  ¹ tn Heb “sons.”

[5:7]  ² tn Heb “the words of my mouth” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV).

[5:10]  ³ tn Or “are sated, satisfied.”

[5:10]  ⁴ tn The word כֹּחַ (coakh, “strength”) refers to what laborious toil would produce (so a metonymy of cause). Everything that this person worked for could become the property for others to enjoy.

[5:10]  ⁵ tn “labor, painful toil.”

[5:10]  ⁶ tn The term “benefit” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity and smoothness.