Fifteenth Address. Chap. Proverbs 7:1-27. _The Evil Woman_ The subject of the last section of the foregoing chapter (Proverbs 6:20-35) is continued throughout this chapter. An earnest call to obedient attention (Proverbs 7:1) is followed by a graphic description of the subtle tempter and her victim... [ Continue Reading ]
The LXX. add at the end of this verse, "My son, fear the Lord and thou shalt be strong, And beside him, fear none other.... [ Continue Reading ]
Proverbs 7:1] Compare the similar exhortations Proverbs 1:8-9; Proverbs 2:1-5; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 3:21-22; Proverbs 4:20-21; Proverbs 6:20-23.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the apple_ i.e. _the pupil_: "an emblem of that which is tenderest and dearest, and therefore guarded with the most jealous care," Psalms 17:8, note in this Series. Comp. Deuteronomy 32:10; Zechariah 2:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
_upon thy fingers_ like some precious, engraved ring, at once an ornament and a memento. The reference to the phylactery "placed at the bend of the left arm," the thong of which "was wound about the arm in a spiral line, which ended at the top of the middle finger" (Smith's _Dict. of Bible_, FRONTL... [ Continue Reading ]
_kinswoman_ Lit. KNOWN, i.e. _acquaintance_, or _intimate friend_, γνώριμος, LXX.; amica, Vulg. In the only two other places, however, in which the word occurs (Ruth 2:1; Ruth 3:2) it is used in the sense of _kinsman_. Comp. Job 17:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
_strange woman … stranger_ See Proverbs 2:16, note. _flattereth with_ "Heb. _maketh smooth her words_," R.V. marg.... [ Continue Reading ]
_casement_ Or, LATTICE, R.V., as the same Heb. word is translated in A.V. in Judges 5:28, the only other place in which it occurs. Proverbs 7:7. A few graphic strokes draw the picture of the victim. He is not yet positively vicious; but his feeble moral character (Proverbs 7:7), his thoughtless run... [ Continue Reading ]
_simple_ See Proverbs 1:4; Proverbs 1:22, notes.... [ Continue Reading ]
_black and dark night_ Lit. IN THE PUPIL (of the eye) OF THE NIGHT, AND THE DARKNESS. The Heb. word for _pupil_is the same as that rendered _apple_(of thine eye), Proverbs 7:2. It is used again poetically, as here, in Proverbs 20:20, _in the blackest darkness_, R.V. lit. _in the pupil_(of the eye) _... [ Continue Reading ]
_attire of a harlot_ Comp. Genesis 38:14; Ezekiel 16:16; Ezekiel 16:25; Bar 6:43. _subtil_ Lit. HIDDEN, or KEPT CLOSE, and so, _subtil_, or _wily_, because she keeps such strict watch over her heart as not to allow its true motives and feelings to appear. The LXX. and Vulg. understand it to refer... [ Continue Reading ]
_loud_ or CLAMOROUS, R.V., as the word is rendered in the parallel passage Proverbs 9:13, A.V. _stubborn_ Rather, REFRACTORY, like a restive animal, as the same Heb. word is used of a heifer that casts off all restraint, Hosea 4:16, where R.V. renders _stubborn_, though here _wilful_. Comp. our exp... [ Continue Reading ]
_without … streets_ Rather, IN THE STREETS, IN THE OPEN SPACES, or SQUARES. _corner_ Where two or more ways meet, and there is therefore more likelihood of passers-by. Comp. Matthew 6:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
_with an impudent face_ An excellent translation (Lit. _she strengthened, or hardened her face, and said_, A.V. and R.V. marg.), following the LXX. ἀναιδεῖ προσώπῳ, and the Vulg. procaci vultu.... [ Continue Reading ]
_with me_ Lit. UPON ME, as A.V. marg., which may either and more probably mean, I am, as it were, loaded with them, you have come just when I wanted you, because there is abundance of good cheer in my house; or, they were incumbent upon me, _due from me_(R.V. marg.). The flesh of "peace-offerings f... [ Continue Reading ]
_deckt_… with. _coverings_ Lit. COVERED … WITH COVERINGS, or CUSHIONED … WITH CUSHIONS, the words being two forms of the same Heb. root, which does not occur elsewhere. _bed_ or, _couch_: a different and more poetic word than that in Proverbs 7:17. It is used for a couch of moss and flowers, "also... [ Continue Reading ]
_perfumed_ or _sprinkled_, R.V. marg.; διέῤῥαγκα, LXX.; aspersi, Vulg. No sensual gratification shall be wanting. For a similar perfuming of garments see Psalms 45:8; Song of Solomon 3:6; Song of Solomon 4:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the goodman_ Heb. _the man_, i.e. her husband. There is no fear of detection. See for the reason why this is urged, Proverbs 6:34-35.... [ Continue Reading ]
_a bag of money_ to cover his expenses for a considerable time. _day appointed_ Rather, FALL MOON. Comp. Psalms 81:3, _in the time appointed_, A.V. (as here), but _full moon_, R.V. "A fortnight later, as now it would seem to have been new moon when the nights are dark." Nutt, in _O. T. Comm. for E... [ Continue Reading ]
_straightway_ "Heb. _suddenly_," A.V. and R.V. margins. He has been as one hesitating on the brink. Now he takes the sudden plunge. "Here is evidently a stroke in the picture of the profoundest psychological truth." Lange, _Comm_. _as a fool to the correction of the stocks_ This rendering is reache... [ Continue Reading ]
_dart_ Rather, ARROW, R.V.; sagitta, Vulg. The LXX. have ἢ ὡς ἔλαφος τοξεύματι πεπληγὼς εἰς τὸ ἧπαρ.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ye children_ Rather, _Now, therefore_, MY SONS, &c., R.V. It is the same word as that which opens this appeal (Proverbs 7:1), and is constantly used by the Teacher throughout these addresses. See Proverbs 1:8, note.... [ Continue Reading ]
_many strong_ This is the rendering of a single Heb. word, which may mean _mighty_, as it usually does, or (comp. the use of the verb in Psalms 40:5; Psalms 40:12 [Hebrews 6:13]) _many_. Lit. MIGHTY ONES, or NUMEROUS ONES, ARE ALL HER SLAIN, i.e. the whole number of those slain by her amount to A MI... [ Continue Reading ]
_the way_ Lit. THE WAYS. The plural may perhaps be used here, and in the similar phrase, _the ways of death_(Proverbs 14:12; Proverbs 16:25), to denote that however the paths may differ, the end is the same. _hell_ Heb. SHEOL. See Proverbs 5:5, note, and comp. Proverbs 2:18.... [ Continue Reading ]