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Proverbs 2:17
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KJ21
who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;
ASV
That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:
AMP
Who leaves the companion (husband) of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God.
AMPC
Who forsakes the husband and guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
BRG
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
CSB
who abandons the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
CSBA
who abandons the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
CEB
She leaves behind the partner of her youth; she even forgets her covenant with God.
CJB
who abandons the ruler she had in her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
CEV
who breaks her wedding vows and leaves the man she married when she was young.
DARBY
who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;
DRA
And forsaketh the guide of her youth,
ERV
She married when she was young, but then she left her husband. She forgot the marriage vows she made before God.
EASY
That kind of woman leaves her own husband. She married him when she was young. Now she forgets what she promised to God at the time of her marriage.
EHV
who abandons the husband of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
ESV
who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
ESVUK
who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
EXB
She leaves ·the husband she married when she was young [L the intimate relationship of her youth]. She ·ignores [forgets] ·the promise she made before [L her covenant with] God.
GNV
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
GW
who leaves ⌞her husband,⌟ the closest friend of her youth, and forgets her marriage vows to her God.
GNT
who is faithless to her own husband and forgets her sacred vows.
HCSB
who abandons the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
ICB
Such women leave the husbands they married when they were young. They forget the promise they made before God.
ISV
someone who abandoned the companion of her youth and forgot the covenant of her God.
JUB
who forsakes the prince of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
KJV
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
AKJV
which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
LSB
Who forsakes the close companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;
LEB
she who forsakes the partner of her youth and has forgotten the covenant of her God,
TLB
Only wisdom from the Lord can save a man from the flattery of prostitutes; these girls have abandoned their husbands and flouted the laws of God.
MSG
Wise friends will rescue you from the Temptress— that smooth-talking Seductress Who’s faithless to the husband she married years ago, never gave a second thought to her promises before God. Her whole way of life is doomed; every step she takes brings her closer to hell. No one who joins her company ever comes back, ever sets foot on the path to real living.
MEV
who forsakes the guide of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God.
NOG
who leaves her husband, the closest friend of her youth, and forgets her marriage vows to her Elohim.
NABRE
One who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
NASB
Who leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;
NASB1995
That leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;
NCB
who forsakes the partner of her youth and forgets her sacred covenant with God.
NCV
She leaves the husband she married when she was young. She ignores the promise she made before God.
NET
who leaves the husband from her younger days, and has ignored her marriage covenant made before God.
NIRV
She has left the man she married when she was young. She has broken the promise she made in front of God.
NIV
who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.
NIVUK
who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.
NKJV
Who forsakes the companion of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God.
NLV
She leaves the husband she had when she was young, and forgets the agreement with her God.
NLT
She has abandoned her husband and ignores the covenant she made before God.
NRSVA
who forsakes the partner of her youth and forgets her sacred covenant;
NRSVACE
who forsakes the partner of her youth and forgets her sacred covenant;
NRSVCE
who forsakes the partner of her youth and forgets her sacred covenant;
NRSVUE
who forsakes the partner of her youth and forgets her sacred covenant,
OJB
Which forsaketh the alluf (companion, husband) of her youth, and forgetteth the brit (covenant) of her G-d.
RGT
who forsakes the guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
RSV
who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
RSVCE
who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
TLV
who forsakes the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
VOICE
Who chose to leave the husband of her youth, to forget her sacred promises to her God;
WEB
who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;
WYC
and (who) forsaketh the duke, or (the) leader, of her time of marriage, and hath forgotten the covenant of her God.
YLT
Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.
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