The Meaning of Proverbs 5:15 Explained

Proverbs 5:15

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

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

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 5:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 5

1  Solomon exhorts to wisdom
3  He shows the mischief of unfaithfulness and riot
15  He exhorts to contentedness, generosity, and chastity
22  The wicked are overtaken with their own sins

What do the individual words in Proverbs 5:15 mean?

Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well
שְׁתֵה־ מַ֥יִם מִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָ וְ֝נֹזְלִ֗ים מִתּ֥וֹךְ בְּאֵרֶֽךָ

שְׁתֵה־  Drink 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: שָׁתָה  
Sense: to drink.
מַ֥יִם  water 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
מִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָ  from  your  own  cistern 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: בֹּור 
Sense: pit, well, cistern.
וְ֝נֹזְלִ֗ים  and  running  water 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: נָזַל 
Sense: to flow, distil, flow forth or down, trickle, drop.
בְּאֵרֶֽךָ  your  own  well 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: בְּאֵר  
Sense: well, pit, spring.

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