Proverbs 5

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:7

children = sons. words = sayings. Hebrew. 'imrah. App-73 . read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:8

door = entrance. read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:9

years. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6 , for what happens in them. read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:10

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 note above and on Proverbs 2:16 . read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:13

obeyed = hearkened to. read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:14

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 a 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 ; Psalms 73:2 ; Psalms 81:14 ; Psalms 94:17 ; Psalms 105:12 ; Psalms 119:87 . Psa 5:14 ; Psa 10:20 . Song of Solomon 3:4 .Isaiah 1:9 ; Isaiah 26:20 . Ezekiel 16:47 ). It is rendered... read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:16

Let thy fountains. Septuagint reads "Let not thy fountain", &c. This must be the sense from the context. The Revised Version obtains it by a 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 waters = divisions of waters. Hebrew. palgey mayim: i.e. thy garden irrigation channels in the streets. See note on Proverbs 21:1 . streets = open places. read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:18

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". read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:20

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 . read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:21

man = a man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14 . Illustrations: Cain (Genesis 4:5 , Genesis 4:6 ); Babel's builders (Genesis 11:4-7 ); Sodom (Genesis 18:21 , &c.); Uzzah ( 2Sa 6:6 , 2 Samuel 6:7 ; 1 Chronicles 15:13 .Numbers 4:15; Numbers 4:15 ); David (2 Samuel 12:9 ); Baasha (1 Kings 15:29 . Compare Proverbs 16:7 ); Ahab(1 Kings 21:19 ); Belshazzar (Daniel 5:22-28 ); Nathanael (John 1:48 ); The Seven Assemblies (Revelation 2:2 , Revelation 2:9 , Revelation 2:13 , Revelation 2:19 ; Revelation 3:1 ,... read more

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