Proverbs 5:16
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Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
In other translations
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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