Proverbs 5:1
MY SON. See note on Proverbs 1:8. UNDERSTANDING =. discernment.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SON. See note on Proverbs 1:8. UNDERSTANDING =. discernment.... [ Continue Reading ]
REGARD DISCRETION, &C. Hebrew infinitive. to guard deep counsels and knowledge. Let them mount guard over thy lips. Compare James 3:8, "the tongue can no man tame".... [ Continue Reading ]
A STRANGE WOMAN. Two words are used for "strange" and "stranger": one, Hebrew. _zur,_ an apostate Israelite woman gone over to the idolatrous impurities of heathen religion; the other _nakar,_. purely foreign woman of. similar character. The danger is religious rather than moral. Hence here it is _z... [ Continue Reading ]
HELL. the grave. Hebrew. _sheol._ App-35.... [ Continue Reading ]
LEST THOU SHOULDEST PONDER. Render: So that she findeth not the level path of life; her ways are unstable and she knoweth it not.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. WORDS. sayings. Hebrew. _'imrah._ App-73.... [ Continue Reading ]
DOOR. entrance.... [ Continue Reading ]
YEARS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for what happens in them.... [ Continue Reading ]
WEALTH. Hebrew strength: put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what is produced by it. LABOURS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for what is produced by it. A STRANGER. a foreigner. Hebrew. _nakar._ Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 5:17. See... [ Continue Reading ]
OBEYED. hearkened to.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WAS ALMOST IN ALL EVIL. The _Beth Essentiae_ denotes "in", in the sense of "as". I soon became as an evil man, &c. See App-75. ALMOST. in. little while. Hebrew. _kim'at._ Occurs eighteen times (Genesis 26:10; 2 Samuel 19:36; 1 Chronicles 16:19; 2 Chronicles 12:7; Ezra 9:8; Job 32:22.Psalms 2:12;... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THY FOUNTAINS. Septuagint reads "Let not thy fountain", &c. This must be the sense from the context. The Revised Version obtains it by. question, "Should thy fountain... ?". FOUNTAINS. Plural of emphasis: i.e. thine own wife. Compare Song of Solomon 4:12. AND. As or nor [thy]. RIVERS OF WATER... [ Continue Reading ]
THY FOUNTAIN: i.e. thine own wife. Compare Proverbs 5:16. REJOICE WITH. get thy joy with. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "in" instead of "with".... [ Continue Reading ]
STRANGE. apostate. Hebrew. _zur_. See note on Proverbs 5:3. STRANGER. alien or foreigner. Hebrew. _nakar._ See note on verses: Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 5:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. A MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. Illustrations: Cain (Genesis 4:5; Genesis 4:6); Babel's builders (Genesis 11:4); Sodom (Genesis 18:21, &c.); Uzzah (2Sa 6:6, 2 Samuel 6:7; 1 Chronicles 15:13.Numbers 4:15; Numbers 4:15); David ... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITIES. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44. TAKE. trap or entrap him. WICKED. a lawless man. Hebrew. _rasha, '._ App-44. HE SHALL BE HOLDEN. Illustrations: Saul (1 Samuel 18:8; 1 Samuel 18:9. Compare Proverbs 24:16; Proverbs 24:17; Proverbs 26:21; Proverbs 28:5); Jerusalem (Jeremiah 2:16;... [ Continue Reading ]
DIE WITHOUT INSTRUCTION. Illustration: Saul (1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Chronicles 10:14).... [ Continue Reading ]