Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 5:9
WARNING OF WHAT BEFALLS VIOLATORS OF THIS LAW"Lest thou give thine honor unto others,And thy years unto the cruel.Lest strangers be filled with thy strength,And thy labors be in the house of an alien.And thou mourn at thy latter end,When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,And say, How have I hated instruction,And my heart despised reproof;Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers,Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!I was well-nigh in all evilIn the midst of the assembly and... read more
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