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Selected Verse: Proverbs 5:4 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 5:4	King James	But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
her end--literally, "her future," in sense of reward, what follows (compare Psa 37:37; Psa 73:17). Its nature is evinced by the use of figures, opposite those of Pro 5:3. The physical and moral suffering of the deluded profligate are notoriously terrible.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

her end--literally, "her future," in sense of reward, what follows (compare Psa 37:37; Psa 73:17). Its nature is evinced by the use of figures, opposite those of Pro 5:3. The physical and moral suffering of the deluded profligate are notoriously terrible.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Wormwood - In Eastern medicine this herb, the absinthium of Greek and Latin botanists, was looked upon as poisonous rather than medicinal. Compare Rev 8:11.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Wormwood - In Eastern medicine this herb, the absinthium of Greek and Latin botanists, was looked upon as poisonous rather than medicinal. Compare Rev 8:11.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
But - The effect of that to which she entices men, is destruction.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

But - The effect of that to which she entices men, is destruction.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Bitter as wormwood - כלענה Kelanah, like the detestable herb wormwood, or something analogous to it: something as excessive in its bitterness, as honey is in its sweetness.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Bitter as wormwood - כלענה Kelanah, like the detestable herb wormwood, or something analogous to it: something as excessive in its bitterness, as honey is in its sweetness.

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