Proverbs 6:26 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 6:26

For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

BSB

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ASV

For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

KJV

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Homily 68, on Psalm 90 (Alternate Series) (420)

I will hope in Him, for He Himself shall deliver me from the snare of the hunters. In this world there are many hunters who long to capture our souls, just as is said by the prophet: "Our soul has been snatched away like a sparrow from the snare of the hunters." Now that hunters are taken in a sinister sense in the holy Scriptures, we have already said often. For that Nimrod, the giant, always a rebel against God, was a hunter. Esau too was a hunter. For He Himself shall deliver me from the snare of the hunters.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And that poverty must needs lie heavily which men bring themselves into by their own folly, Job xxxi. (2.) It threatens death; it kills men: The adulteress will hunt for the precious life, perhaps designedly, as Delilah for Samson's, at least, eventually, the sin strikes at the life. Adultery was punished by the law of Moses as a capital crime.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

By means of a whorish woman - In following lewd women, a man is soon reduced to poverty and disease. The Septuagint gives this a strange turn: timh gar pornhv, osh kai enov artou. “For the price or hire of a whore is about one loaf.” So many were they in the land, that they hired themselves out for a bare subsistence. The Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic, give the same sense. The old MS. Bible has it thus: The price forsothe of a strumpet is unneth oon lof: the woman forsothe taketh the precious liif of a mam.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
בְעַד־	ve.'ad-	[the] price	H1157 →
אִשָּׁ֥ה	'i.Shah	a woman	H802 →
זוֹנָ֗ה	zo.Nah	a prostitute	H2181 →
עַֽד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
כִּכַּ֫ר	ki.Kar	a round loaf of	H3603 →
לָ֥חֶם	La.chem	bread	H3899 →
וְאֵ֥שֶׁת	ve.'E.shet	and [the] wife of	H802 →
אִ֑ישׁ	'Ish	a man	H376 →
נֶ֖פֶשׁ	Ne.fesh	a life	H5315 →
יְקָרָ֣ה	ye.ka.Rah	precious	H3368 →
תָצֽוּד׃ פ	ta.Tzud	she hunts	H6679 →

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Through
Ezekiel 13:18
and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in…
leads to
- 2 Peter 2:14
  Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
- Ezekiel 13:20
  Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: See, I am against the magic charms with which you ensnare souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. So I will free…
Through
Proverbs 29:3
A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
leads to
- Proverbs 27:11
  Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.
- Proverbs 10:1
  The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
- Luke 15:30
  But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
- Proverbs 15:20
  A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
- Proverbs 28:7
  A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
Through
1 Samuel 2:36
And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I…
leads to
- 1 Kings 2:27
  So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Proverbs