1Solomon recommendeth obedience to his precepts, and such a familiarity with wisdom as may prove a guard to chastity. 6In a recital of what had passed under his own eye he sheweth the cunning and impudence of a lewd woman, and the desperate folly of a youth seduced by her: 24he dissuadeth from such dangerous courses.
1MY ason, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
a ch. 1.8; 2.1-7; 3.1,3,21; 4.1,20,21; 5.1,2.
2bKeep my commandments, and live; and my law cas the *apple of thine eye.
*apple of thine eye-pupil of your eye.
b ch. 4.4,13; 3.2,8,18. Le. 18.5. Is. 55.3. De. 32.47. 1Jn. 3.23. Jn. 14.21,23. c De. 32.10. Ps. 17.8. Zec. 2.8.
3dBind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the *table of thine heart.
*table-writing-tablet.
d De. 6.8; 11.18. ch. 3.3; 6.21. Ps. 119.9,11. Je. 31.33. 2Co. 3.3.
4eSay unto wisdom, Thou art fmy sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
e ch. 2.2-4; 3.6; 4.5-8. Job 17.14. Mat. 12.49,50. Jn. 14.21,23. f Ca. 4.9.
5That gthey may keep thee from the *strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
*strange-foreign.
g ch. 5.3; 2.16; 6.24. Ec. 7.26.
6¶For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among 1the youths, a young man hvoid of understanding,
1Heb. the sons.
h ch. 6.32; 9.4,16. Je. 4.22.
8Passing through the street near her corner; and he iwent the way to her house,
i ch. 5.8.
9In jthe twilight, 2in the evening, in the black and dark night:
2Heb. in the evening of the day.
j Job 24.15. 1Th. 5.7. Ep. 5.7,11. Ge. 39.11.
10And, behold, there met him a woman with the kattire of an harlot, and *subtil of heart.
*subtil-cunning.
k Ge. 38.15. 1Ti. 2.10.
11(lShe is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
l ch. 9.13. 1Ti. 5.13. Tit. 2.5. Je. 3.3.
12mNow is she *without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
*without-outside.
m ch. 9.14; 23.27. Eze. 16.24,25. Je. 3.2.
13So nshe caught him, and kissed him, and 3with an impudent face said unto him,
3Heb. she strengthened her face, and said, Je. 3.3.
n Ge. 39.7-12. Ec. 7.26. Is. 3.9.
144I have opeace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
4Heb. Peace-offerings are upon me, ch. 30.20. Zec. 11.5. Le. 7.15. Nu. 30.6.
o Le. 7.11.
15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works , with pfine linen of Egypt.
p 1Ki. 10.28. Is. 19.9. Eze. 27.7.
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19For the *goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
*goodman-master of the house.
20He hath taken a bag of money 5with him, and will come home at 6the day appointed.
5Heb. in his hand.
6Or, the new moon.
21qWith her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the rflattering of her lips she forced him.
q ch. 5.3; 4.16; 16.24; 22.27,28. v.5. Ec. 7.26. r Ps. 12.2.
22He goeth after her 7straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the scorrection of the stocks;
7Heb. suddenly, Ac. 14.13.
s Job 13.27. Je. 20.2. Ac. 16.24.
23tTill a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
t Nu. 25.8. Ec. 9.12. ch. 5.9,11; 6.26.
24¶uHearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
u ch. 1.8; 2.1,2; 3.1; 4.1,20; 5.1; 6.20,21. v.1-4.
25vLet not thine heart *decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
*decline-turn aside.
v ch. 4.14,15; 5.8; 6.25; 23.31,33. Mat. 5.28.
26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many wstrong men have been slain by her.
w Ju. 16.1-5,19-30. Ne. 13.26. 1Ki. 11.1,2.
27Her xhouse is the way to hell, going down to ythe chambers of death.
x ch. 2.18,19; 5.5; 9.18; 22.27,28. Ec. 7.26. y Is. 14.18.