Proverbes 23:28

28 Aussi se tient-elle en embuscade comme un brigand, et elle rendra plusieurs hommes infidèles.

Proverbes 23:28 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 23:28

She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey
At the door of her house, in the corner of the streets, in the dark of the night; laying her snares, and spreading her nets, for unwary persons, to make a prey of their virtue and of their money. Or, "as [a man of] prey" {k}; a thief and robber, so Gersom; thus she watches and takes all opportunities to seize on persons, and rob them of their substance, health, and credit; or rather "as [a beast of] prey"; ravenous, devouring, and insatiable; so the Targum,

``as a beast ravening, she lies in wait with her eyes;''

and increaseth the transgressors among men;
there is none that occasions wore sin, or makes more sinners, than a whorish woman; swearing, lying, drunkenness, thieving, stealing, housebreaking, robbing on the highway are the sins she leads into. Or, "increaseth treacherous" ^F12 persons; to God, to their king, to their wives, to their master's; and all that they may consume, what they can get by perfidious practices, upon them, or,

``perfidious persons among men, she adds "to herself" ^F13;''

she gets a parcel of abandoned wretches about her, whom she employs as her panders for her lust, or as bullies to spoil her gallants of their substance, or murder them for the sake of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 (Ptxk) "tanquam vir praedae", Vatablus; "ut praedator", Mercerus, Gejerus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "ut raptor", Cocceius; "velut praedo", Michaelis; "ut harpago", Schultens.
F12 (Mydgwb) "perfidos", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schultens.
F13 (Pyowt) "adjungitque sibi", Tigurine version.

Proverbes 23:28 In-Context

26 Mon fils, donne-moi ton cœur, et que tes yeux prennent garde à mes voies.

27 Car la femme débauchée est une fosse profonde, et l'étrangère est un puits étroit.

28 Aussi se tient-elle en embuscade comme un brigand, et elle rendra plusieurs hommes infidèles.

29 A qui cette plainte: Malheur sur moi? A qui: Hélas? A qui les débats? A qui le bruit? A qui les blessures sans cause? A qui la rougeur des yeux?

30 A ceux qui s'arrêtent auprès du vin, et qui vont chercher le vin mixtionné.