Bible Strands
Proverbs 5:19
A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The wisdom teacher addresses a son immediately after urging him to rejoice in the wife of his youth, placing the command within a warning against adultery. The words — The text employs 'ai.Ye.let (doe) and chen (grace) alongside Da.dei (breasts) and ye.ra.Vu (satisfy) to describe the spouse's physical and emotional presence. The thread — This fawn and breast imagery appears in Song of Solomon 7:3 and Song of Solomon 4:5, where the beloved's breasts are explicitly compared to twins of a gazelle. Why it lands — The verse commands ongoing marital delight and exclusive satisfaction, directing the reader's affection away from strangers and toward their own spouse.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
Cross-references
- Song of Solomon 7:3 Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
- Song of Solomon 2:9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
- Song of Solomon 4:5 Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
- Song of Solomon 8:14 Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
- Proverbs 5:15 Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
- 2 Samuel 12:4 Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”