Proverbs 5:16

Let thy fountains This rendering (retained in R.V. marg.) gives a good sense: purity of married life (Proverbs 5:15) will diffuse itself abroad like streams from a fountain, in a numerous family, and in wholesome influences: but only by such purity can these advantages be secured (Proverbs 5:17).

The rendering of R.V. text, Should thy springs&c. with a note of interrogation at the end of the verse, makes however the connection of thought in Proverbs 5:15 more clear, and is a return to the warning of the earlier verses of the chapter.