Proverbios 5:20

20 ¿Y por qué, hijo mío, andarás ciego con la ajena, Y abrazarás el seno de la extraña?

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 bendito tu manantial; Y alégrate con la mujer de tu mocedad.

19 Como cierva amada y graciosa corza, Sus pechos te satisfagan en todo tiempo; Y en su amor recréate siempre.

20 ¿Y por qué, hijo mío, andarás ciego con la ajena, Y abrazarás el seno de la extraña?

21 Pues que los caminos del hombre están ante los ojos de Jehová, Y él considera todas sus veredas.

22 Prenderán al impío sus propias iniquidades, Y detenido será con las cuerdas de su pecado.