Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 7:10
(10) Subtil of heart.—Feigning love to her husband and devotion to her lovers, yet caring for none, only to satisfy her own passions. read more
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Charles John Ellicott
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 7:11
(11) Her feet abide not in her house.—She is not a “keeper at home,” as St. Paul (Titus 2:5) would have Christian matrons to be. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 7:14
(14) I have peace offerings with me.—Rather, upon me, i.e., I had vowed them, and to-day I have accomplished my vow. The peace-, or thank-offering as it is also rendered, was purely voluntary, in token of thanksgiving for some mercy. The breast and right shoulder of the victim were given to the priest, and the rest belonged to the offerer, who was thus admitted, as it were, to feast with God (Leviticus 3:7), profanation of this privilege being punished with death. Peace-offerings were... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 7:16
(16) Carved works.—Rather, with coloured or striped coverlets. For another notice of the extravagance of the women of Jerusalem, see Isaiah 3:0, and for a description of the trade of Tyre, the great supplier of foreign luxuries, see Ezek. xxvii Myrrh is said to be a natural product of Arabia, aloes and cinnamon of the east coast of Africa and Ceylon. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 7:19
(19) The goodman.—Literally, the man; she does not even call him “my husband.”At the day appointed.—Rather, at the full moon, a fortnight later, as now it would seem to have been new moon, when the nights are dark. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 7:22
(22) Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks.—This sense is only gained by a transposition of the original. It has been attempted to translate it literally “and as if in fetters to where one corrects fools,” i.e., to prison. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 7:23
(23) Till a dart strike through his liver.—These words must be taken in a parenthesis.That it is for his life.—i.e., at the cost of it, when “his flesh and body are consumed,” and remorse has seized upon him (Proverbs 5:11). read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 7:1-27
CHAPTER 8REALISM IN MORAL TEACHING"I looked forth through my lattice; and I beheld." Proverbs 7:6THE three chapters which close the introduction of our book (7-9) present a lively and picturesque contrast between Folly and Wisdom-Folly more especially in the form of vice; Wisdom more generally in her highest and most universal intention. Folly is throughout concrete, an actual woman portrayed with such correctness of detail that she is felt as a personal force. Wisdom, on the other band, is... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Proverbs 7:1-27
CHAPTER 7 The entire chapter is a continuation of the strange woman and the warning against her. The Word and the law of the Lord will keep the obedient son from her. If Solomon had obeyed the Word of God, not to multiply wives (Deuteronomy 17:17 ) his end would not have been spent in the degrading fellowship with the harlots of other nations. The description is very graphic. What the word pictures is as prominent in the great centers of Christendom as it was thousands of years ago in Babylon... read more
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 7:9
(9) In the twilight . . .—He has no excuse of sudden temptation to offer; from twilight till dark night he had trifled with danger, and now at last his “calamity comes” (Proverbs 6:15). read more