Proverbs 7:27

Proverbs 7:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
• New International Version (NIV)Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Her house is the way to hell, Descending to the chambers of death.

Context of Proverbs 7:27

25Don’t let your heart turn aside to her ways; don’t stray onto her paths. 26For she has brought many down to death; her victims are countless. Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 7:27 word by word

דַּרְכֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל בֵּיתָ֑הּ יֹ֝רְד֗וֹת אֶל־חַדְרֵי־מָֽוֶת׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Her houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870
• to hellשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• going downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• to the chambersחֶ֫דֶרcheder · chamberH2315
• of deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194

Cross-references for Proverbs 7:27

• Proverbs 2:18for her house sinks down to death and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.
• Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps head straight for Sheol.
• Proverbs 9:18But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
• Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap: her heart a net and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

Commentaries on Proverbs 7:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Her house is the way to hell - שאול sheol, the pit, the grave, the place of the dead, the eternal and infernal world. And they who, through such, fall into the grave, descend lower, into the chambers of death; the place where pleasure is at an end, and illusion mocks no more.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-27Verses 6-27 Here is an affecting example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will any one dare to venture on temptations that lead to impurity, after Solomon has set before his eyes in so lively and plain a manner, the danger of even going near them? Then is he as the man who would dance on the edge of a lofty rock, when he has just seen another fall headlong from the same place. The misery of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-27The father emphasizes thr lesson: An adulteress may seem attractive, and a relationship with her is tempting, but it will lead to harm or even death.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-2726-27. Even the mightiest fail to resist her deathly allurements.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 7:27

• Harlot (Prostitute)
• Hell
• Lasciviousness
• Women
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Chamber
• Discern
• Goodman
• Loud
• Adultery
• Attire; Dyed Attire
• Death
• Hezekiah (2)
• Proverbs, the Book of

Commentaries on Proverbs 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings