Pro 5:16 | NET2full | STEP | Should your springs be dispersed outside , your streams of water in the wide plazas ?

Proverbs 5:16

16 Should your springs be dispersed ^{▼▼tn The verb means “to be scattered; to be dispersed”; here the imperfect takes a deliberative nuance in a rhetorical question.} outside,
your streams of water in the wide plazas? ^{▼▼tc The verse is usually understood as a rhetorical question, expecting a “no” answer (e.g. NIV, NASB, ESV, NKJV). The LXX records a negative volitional statement “Let them not flow out.”}