Proverbs 5:6

Lest thou shouldest ponder The rendering of A.V. or of R.V. marg. (Lest thou find the level path, or, Lest thou weigh carefully the path) is to be preferred to R.V. text which connects the words with the preceding verse and makes them refer to the strange woman: so that she findeth not the level path of life. Having described in Proverbs 5:5 the end to which her ways lead, the wise Teacher in this verse unveils the artful versatility with which she allures her victims from the plain path of life, and keeps them from the reflection which might lead them to return to it.

thou canst not knowthem] So R.V. marg., but R.V. text, making the strange woman still the subject, she knoweth it not, Comp. Psalms 35:8, where the same Heb. expression is rendered "at unawares." See for the sentiment ch. Proverbs 7:22-23.