Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 7:27
27. Her house is the way to hell שׁאול , ( sheol,) the infernal world. It is the way par excellence the surest and most direct road to perdition. Comp. Proverbs 2:18; Proverbs 9:18; Proverbs 16:25. Miller renders, “The ways to sheol are at her house.” Commentators generally regard this woman as the representative of the adulteress. It is more probable that she is the type of dissolute women in general. Her tricks and ways are rather those of the open harlot than of the secret... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 7:26
26. For she That is, such women. She is taken representatively. The sentiment is: Innumerable mighty men, or mighty hosts, have thus been brought to ruin. If the strong are slain, how can you escape, if enticed into the snare? Miller, “For mighty men, when polluted, she has hurled down,” etc. “The most valiant heroes, the most puissant soldiers, that never yielded, but stood undaunted against all other assaults, have generally been vanquished, and frequently destroyed, by the allurements... read more