Proverbs 2:17
“Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.”
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Proverbs 2:17 Context
15Whose wayes are crooked, and they froward in their pathes. 16To deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her words: 17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God. 18For her house inclineth vnto death, and her pathes vnto the dead: 19None that goe vnto her, returne againe, neither take they hold of the pathes of life.
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Other Translations for Proverbs 2:17
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
- King James Version
That leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:
- American Standard Version (1901)
Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:
- Basic English Bible
who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;
- Darby Bible
Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
- Webster's Bible
who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God:
- World English Bible
Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.
- Youngs Literal Bible
That forsaketh the lord of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 2:17
2:17 Forsaketh - Her husband whom she took to be her guide and governor, in her youth. The covenant - The marriage covenant: so called because God is the author of that mutual obligation: and because God is called to be the witness and judge of that solemn promise and covenant.