the adulteress Lit. a man's wife. It is the same woman who is contemplated in both clauses of the verse, a married woman, who has become a "whorish woman."

will hunt Rather, hunteth, R.V. Not only substance (Proverbs 6:31) but life itself (Proverbs 6:34) may be the forfeit, and a more precious substance than bodily life also. "Every sin is the precursor of spiritual bankruptcy; it is setting one's hand to a bill, which when it comes in must break the wealthiest signatory." Horton, p. 75.

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