Proverbios 5:20

20 ¿Y por qué, hijo mío, andarás ciego con la ajena, y abrazarás el seno de la extraña

Proverbios 5:20 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 5:20

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman,
&c.] Or "err with her" ^F25; after all those inconveniences and miseries that follow upon a conversation with a harlot, and all those advantages of a marriage state set before thee; why wilt thou be, so foolish and mad as to have a fondness for an harlot and dote upon her, and neglect entering into a marriage state, or forsake the wife of youth? and yet though things are so clearly stated and aptly represented, and the expostulation made in the most tender and affectionate manner; it is suggested as if after all it would not be attended unto, but a harlot be preferred to a wife of youth, a filthy beast to a loving hind, and dirty puddles of water in a ditch to running streams from a well or fountain; and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
that is not thy wife; a description of unlawful love and impure embraces, which are dissuaded from.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 "Errares", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "aberrares", Cocceius.

Proverbios 5:20 In-Context

18 Será bendito tu manantial; y alégrate de la mujer de tu juventud

19 Como cierva de amores y graciosa gacela, sus pechos te satisfagan en todo tiempo; y en su amor andarás ciego de continuo, sin fijar tus ojos en nadie más

20 ¿Y por qué, hijo mío, andarás ciego con la ajena, y abrazarás el seno de la extraña

21 Pues que los caminos del hombre están ante los ojos del SEÑOR, ¡y él pesa todas sus veredas

22 Sus propias iniquidades prenderán al impío, y con las cuerdas de su pecado será detenido