Proverbios 5:20

20 ¿Por qué has de embriagarte, hijo mío, con una extraña, y abrazar el seno de una desconocida?

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 Sea bendita tu fuente, y regocíjate con la mujer de tu juventud,

19 amante cierva y graciosa gacela; que sus senos te satisfagan en todo tiempo, su amor te embriague para siempre.

20 ¿Por qué has de embriagarte, hijo mío, con una extraña, y abrazar el seno de una desconocida?

21 Pues los caminos del hombre están delante de los ojos del SEÑOR, y El observa todos sus senderos.

22 De sus propias iniquidades será presa el impío, y en los lazos de su pecado quedará atrapado.