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Selected Verse: Proverbs 5:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 5:5 |
Strong Concordance |
Her feet [07272] go down [03381] to death [04194]; her steps [06806] take hold [08551] on hell [07585]. |
| |
King James |
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| feet . . . , steps--that is, course of life ends in death. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
hell
Hebrew, "Sheol,"
(See Scofield) - (Hab 2:5). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Feet - Her manner of life. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Her feet go down to death - She first, like a serpent, infuses her poison, by which the whole constitution of her paramour is infected, which soon or late brings on death.
Her steps take hold on hell - First, the death of the body; and then the damnation of the soul. These are the tendencies of connections with such women. |
5 Yea also, because he transgresseth [0898] by wine [03196], he is a proud [03093] man [01397], neither keepeth at home [05115], who enlargeth [07337] his desire [05315] as hell [07585], and is as death [04194], and cannot be satisfied [07646], but gathereth [0622] unto him all nations [01471], and heapeth [06908] unto him all people [05971]: