箴言 5:18-19 RCUVSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:19

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe. The words in italics do not occur in the original. The expression, "the loving hind and pleasant roe," is, therefore, to be attached to the preceding verse, as carrying on the sense and as descriptive of the grace and fascinating charms of the young wife. As combining these attributes, she is to be the object of thy love and devotion,the one in whom thine affections are to find the fulfilment of their desires.Love and grace are her possessions.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:18

Proverbs 5:18. Let thy fountain be blessed Thy wife, as the next clause explains it, shall be blessed with children; or rather, she shall be a blessing and a comfort to thee, as it follows, and not a curse and snare, as a harlot would be. And rejoice, &c. Seek not to harlots for that comfort and delight which God allows thee to take in thy wife. So here he explains the foregoing metaphor, and applies it to its present design; with the wife of thy youth Whom thou didst marry in thy... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:19

Proverbs 5:19. Let her be as the loving hind Hebrew, as the hind of loves; as amiable and delightful as the hinds are to princes and great men, who used to make them tame and familiar, and to take great delight in them, as has been observed by many writers. “The wise man,” says Bishop Patrick, “describes allegorically the felicities of the nuptial state, first under the comparison of a domestic fountain, where a man may quench his natural thirst, and from whence streams, that is,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:1-23

Temptations to sexual immorality (5:1-23)Strong warning is given to beware of the prostitute and the temptations she offers. (The frequency of this warning in Proverbs indicates that prostitution must have been a widespread social evil at the time.) The pleasure that the prostitute brings is shortlived, but the bitterness that follows is lasting. It leads eventually to death (5:1-6).A man must flee the temptations offered by such immoral company, otherwise he may finish a physical and moral... read more

E.W. Bullinger

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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 5:18

Proverbs 5:18. Let thy fountain be blessed— That your wife may be fruitful, and God may bless you with a numerous posterity. The next clause very clearly points out the meaning of the metaphor. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 5:19

Proverbs 5:19. Let her be as the loving hind— Bishop Patrick observes, that the wise man describes allegorically the felicities of the nuptial state under the comparison of a domestic fountain, where a man may quench his natural thirst, and from whence streams, that is, children, may be derived to serve the public good; and, secondly, under the comparison of a young hind, and a roe, which naturalists have observed to be very fond creatures, and which were usually kept by the greater persons in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 5:18

18. wife . . . youth—married in youth. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 5:19

19. loving . . . roe—other figures for a wife from the well-known beauty of these animals. breasts—(Compare Song of Solomon 1:13; Ezekiel 23:3; Ezekiel 23:8). ravished—literally, "intoxicated," that is, fully satisfied. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 5:1-23

9. Warnings against unfaithfulness in marriage ch. 5Chapters 5-7 all deal with the consequences of sexual sins: eventual disappointment (ch. 5), gradual destruction (ch. 6), and ultimate death (ch. 7). [Note: Wiersbe, p. 48.] Chapter 5 first reveals the ugliness under the surface of the attractive seductress (Proverbs 5:1-6). Then it clarifies the price of unfaithfulness (Proverbs 5:7-14). Finally it extols the wisdom of marital fidelity (Proverbs 5:15-23). read more