Proverbs 5:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פֶּֽן־יִשְׂבְּע֣וּ זָרִ֣ים כֹּחֶ֑ךָ וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ בְּבֵ֣ית נָכְרֽ͏ִי

Transliteration

Lest-yiśbĕʿû zārîm your-kōaḥ and-your-ʿăṣābîm in-bêt nokrî

Grammar Details

*pen*: conjunction - lest/so that not
*yiśbĕʿû*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they are satisfied/filled
*zārîm*: adjective, masculine plural - strangers/foreigners
*kōaḥ*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your strength
*ʿăṣābîm*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your labors/toils
*bêt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
*nokrî*: adjective, masculine singular - foreign/strange/alien

Word Meanings

*yiśbĕʿû*: be satisfied/be filled/have enough
*zārîm*: strangers/foreigners/unauthorized people
*kōaḥ*: strength/power/wealth/ability
*ʿăṣābîm*: labors/toils/pains/hardships/earnings
*nokrî*: foreign/strange/alien

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 6:35 : 35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
Prov 31:3 : 3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
Hos 7:9 : 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
Luke 15:30 : 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

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