Proverbs 7:22 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 7:22

He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;

KJV

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On Cain and Abel (397)

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.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

As a fool ... - literally, “As a fetter to the correction of a fool,” the order of which is inverted in the King James Version The Septuagint, followed by the Syriac Version, has another reading, and interprets the clause: “As a dog, enticed by food, goes to the chain that is to bind him, so does the youth go to the temptress.” None of the attempts of commentators to get a meaning out of the present text are in any degree satisfactory.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ה֤וֹלֵ֥ךְ	ho.Lekh	[he is] walking	H1980 →
אַחֲרֶ֗יהָ	'a.cha.Rei.ha	behind her	H310 →
פִּ֫תְאֹ֥ם	pit.'Om	suddenly	H6597 →
כְּ֭שׁוֹר	Ke.shor	like an ox	H7794 →
אֶל־	'el-	[which] to	H413 →
טָ֣בַח	Ta.vach	[the] slaughter	H2874 →
יָב֑וֹא	ya.Vo'	it goes	H935 →
וּ֝כְעֶ֗כֶס	u.khe.'E.khes	and like an anklet	H5914 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
מוּסַ֥ר	mu.Sar	[the] chastening of	H4148 →
אֱוִֽיל׃	'e.Vil	a fool	H191 →

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 walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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.

Through
Acts 16:24
On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
leads to
- Job 33:11
  He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 29:26
  ‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Job 13:27
  You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
Through
Jeremiah 20:2
he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
leads to
- Jeremiah 37:13
  But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
- 2 Chronicles 16:10
  Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
- Jeremiah 1:19
  They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- Zechariah 14:10
  All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the…
Through
Acts 14:13
The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.
leads to
- Daniel 2:46
  At this, King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, paid homage to Daniel, and ordered that an offering of incense be presented to him.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Proverbs

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Proverbs