Proverbs 7:19
For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
BSB
ASV
For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey:
KJV
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
With a provocative movement of a prostitute, with a disrupted gait through delights, with wandering eyes, and with playful darting of her eyelids, she captures the precious souls of young men (for the eye of a prostitute is a snare of a sinner), and with doubtful perception, she accosts anyone passing by in the corner of her house, with charming words, causing the hearts of young men to flutter, restless at home, wandering in the streets, prodigal with kisses, cheap in modesty, rich in attire, painted cheeks.
For the good man is not at home,.... Or, "for the man is not in his house" (y). She does not say, "my man", or "my husband"; though the Septuagint.
The reference to the husband is probably a blind. The use of the word “goodman” is due to the wish of the English translators to give a colloquial character to this part of their Version. The Hebrew is merely “the man.” A touch of scorn may be noticed in the form of speech: not “my husband,” but simply “the man.”
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Matthew 24:43But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
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But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.
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Matthew 24:48But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’
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Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.
Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
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Matthew 20:11On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.
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And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”
hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.