Commentaire par chapitre
Proverbs Chapitre 7
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Pr 7:1-27.
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2. apple . . . eye--pupil of eye, a custody
(Pr 4:23)
of special value.
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3. Bind . . . fingers--as inscriptions on rings.
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5. The design of the teaching (compare
Pr 2:16; 6:24).
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6. For--or, "Since," introducing an example to illustrate the warning, which, whether a narrative or a parable, is equally pertinent.
window--or, "opening"
looked--literally, "watched earnestly"
(Jud 5:28).
casement--or, "lattice."
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7. simple--as in
Pr 1:4.
void of, &c.--(Compare
Pr 6:32).
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8. her corner--where she was usually found.
went . . . house--implying, perhaps, confidence in himself by his manner, as denoted in the word
went--literally, "tread pompously."
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9. The time, twilight, ending in darkness.
black . . . night--literally, "pupil," or, "eye," that is, middle of night.
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10. attire--that of harlots was sometimes peculiar.
subtile--or, "wary," "cunning."
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11, 12. loud--or, "noisy," "bustling."
stubborn--not submissive.
without . . . streets, . . . corner--(Compare
1Ti 5:13; Tit 2:5).
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13-15. The preparations for a feast do not necessarily imply peculiar religious professions. The offerer retained part of the victim for a feast
(Le 3:9,
&c.). This feast she professes was prepared for him whom she boldly addresses as one sought specially to partake of it.
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16, 17. my bed--or, "couch," adorned in the costliest manner.
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17. bed--a place for sleeping.
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18-20. There is no fear of discovery.
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20. the day appointed--perhaps, literally, "a full moon," that is, a fortnight's time (compare
Pr 7:19).
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21. caused . . . yield--or, "inclines."
flattering--(Compare
Pr 5:3).
forced him--by persuasion overcoming his scruples.
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22. straightway--quickly, either as ignorant of danger, or incapable of resistance.
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23. Till--He is now caught
(Pr 6:26).
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24. The inferential admonition is followed
(Pr 7:26, 27),
by a more general allegation of the evils of this vice.
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26, 27. Even the mightiest fail to resist her deathly allurements.
Pr 7:1-27.
The subject continued, by a delineation of the arts of strange women, as a caution to the unwary.
1-4. Similar calls
(Pr 3:1-3; 4:10,
&c.).