Proverbs 7:22
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| Overview - Proverbs 7 | |
| 1 | Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom. |
| 6 | In an example of his own experience, he shews, |
| 10 | the cunning of a harlot; |
| 22 | and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton. |
| 24 | He dehorteth from such wickedness. |
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Proverbs 7:22 (King James Version)
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
- straightway
- Hebrew suddenly. as an.
- Acts 14:13
- as a
- Dr. Grey, making a slight alteration in the text, renders, "as a dog to the chain, and as a deer, till a dart strike through his liver;" and Dr. Hunt, "Or as a hart boundeth into the toils, till a dart strike through his liver
- " The LXX., Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, concur in this interpretation. The circumstance of the dart, as applied to the deer, is beautiful and proper, which otherwise we are at a loss to dispose of; and this creature, of all others, was the most proper to be noticed on this occasion; for the usual representation which the Egyptians made of a man overthrown by flattery and fair speeches was the picture of a heart captivated and ensnared by the sound of music.
- the correction
- Job 13:27 ; Jeremiah 20:2 ; Acts 16:24