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Proverbs 7:27
27If you go to her house, you are on the road to death. You will soon be in your grave.
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
25Do not let that kind of woman spoil your mind. Do not let her lead you away from what is right. 26She has caused many men to fall. Because of her, too many men have thrown away their lives. If you go to her house, you are on the road to death. You will soon be in your grave.
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:27 word by word
דַּרְכֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל בֵּיתָ֑הּ יֹ֝רְד֗וֹת אֶל־חַדְרֵי־מָֽוֶת׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 7:27
- Proverbs 2:18Do not go into her house! If you do, you will be on the road to death. If you follow her, you will arrive at the home of the spirits of dead people.
- Proverbs 5:5She will lead you down to the place of death. You will follow her to your grave!
- Proverbs 9:18But those foolish people do not realize that her home is a place for dead people. Her visitors are already in their graves.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26I learned this: Some women are like a trap that catches animals. Women like that are more dangerous than death. They may pretend to love you. They may hold you in their arms. But really their arms are like chains. They want to catch you, as hunters catch animals. Women like that will easily catch a man who has turned away from God. But a man who pleases God will escape from them.
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
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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
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