Proverbes 1:11

11 S'ils disent: Viens avec nous, dressons des embûches pour tuer; tendons des pièges à l'innocent, sans qu'il en ait donné de sujet;

Proverbes 1:11 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, come with us
Leave your father's house, and the business of life in which you are; make one of us, and become a member of our society, and go along with us upon the highway;

let us lay wait for blood;
lie in ambush under some hedge or another, waiting till a rich traveller comes up and passes that way, and then rise and shed his blood in order to get his money; and the same word signifies both "blood" and "money", and wait is laid for one for the sake of the other;

let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
or "let us hide" {q}, the Vulgate Latin version adds "snares"; so Vatablus and others, as the fowler does for birds; or "let us hide ourselves" ^F18; in some private place, waiting "for the innocent", the harmless traveller, who has done no injury to any man's person or property; thinks himself safe, and is not aware of any design upon him; going about his lawful business, and having done nothing to provoke such miscreants to attempt his life or take away his property: and which they do "without cause" as to him; "freely" ^F19 as to themselves; and "with impunity" ^F20, as they promise themselves and one another; all which senses the word used will bear.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (hnpun) "abscondamus", Michaelis.
F18 "Abscondamus nos", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "abscondamus nosmetipsos", Baynus.
F19 (Mnx) "gratis", Pagninus, Montanus, Michaelis, Schultens.
F20 "Impune", Junius & Tremellius, Amama.

Proverbes 1:11 In-Context

9 Car ce sont des grâces assemblées autour de ta tête, et des colliers à ton cou.

10 Mon fils, si les pécheurs veulent te séduire, n'y consens pas.

11 S'ils disent: Viens avec nous, dressons des embûches pour tuer; tendons des pièges à l'innocent, sans qu'il en ait donné de sujet;

12 Engloutissons-les tout vifs comme le Sépulcre, et tout entiers comme ceux qui descendent dans la fosse;

13 Nous trouverons toutes sortes de biens précieux, nous remplirons nos maisons de butin;