15 Drink ver. 18;[ch. 9:17;Song 4:12,15;Jer. 2:13]water from your own cistern,
flowing water from your own well.
16 Should your See Ps. 68:26springs be scattered abroad,
streams of water [Jer. 9:21;Zech. 8:5]in the streets?
17 [ch. 14:10]Let them be for yourself alone,
and not for strangers with you.
18 Let your [See ver. 15above] fountain be blessed,
and Deut. 24:5rejoice in Mal. 2:14the wife of your youth,
19 a lovely Song 2:9,17;8:14deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts [Jer. 31:14]fill you at all times with delight;
be intoxicated5:19 Hebrew be led astray; also verse 20 always in her love.
20 Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with See ch. 2:16a forbidden woman
and embrace the bosom of See ch. 2:16an adulteress?5:20 Hebrew a foreign woman