Proverbs 5:9-11

English Standard Version Anglicised

⁹lest you give your honour to others
    and your years to the merciless,
¹⁰lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
    and your ^(A)labours go to the house of a foreigner,
¹¹and at the end of your life you ^(B)groan,
    when your flesh and body are consumed,

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Proverbs 5:9-11

New International Version

⁹lest you lose your honor to others
    and your dignity^[a] to one who is cruel,
¹⁰lest strangers feast on your wealth
    and your toil enrich the house of another.^(A)
¹¹At the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are spent.