Proverbios 23:28

28 Se esconde y espera como lo hace un ladrón,
ansiosa por hacer que más hombres sean infieles.

Proverbios 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.

Proverbios 23:28 In-Context

26 Oh, hijo mío, dame tu corazón;
que tus ojos se deleiten en seguir mis caminos.

27 Una prostituta es una trampa peligrosa;
la mujer promiscua es tan peligrosa como caer en un pozo estrecho.

28 Se esconde y espera como lo hace un ladrón,
ansiosa por hacer que más hombres sean infieles.

29 ¿Quién tiene angustia? ¿Quién siente tristeza?
¿Quién es el que siempre pelea? ¿Quién está siempre quejándose?
¿Quién tiene moretones sin motivo? ¿Quién tiene los ojos rojos?

30 Es el que pasa muchas horas en las tabernas,
probando nuevos tragos.