Proverbs 5:5

Proverbs 5:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
• New International Version (NIV)Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Her feet go down to death, Her steps lay hold of hell.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.

Context of Proverbs 5:5

3For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, 4but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol; 6she does not ponder the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it. 7And now, O sons, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 5:5 word by word

רַ֭גְלֶיהָ יֹרְד֣וֹת מָ֑וֶת שְׁ֝א֗וֹל צְעָדֶ֥יהָ יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Her feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• go downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• to deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• her stepsצַ֫עַדtsa‛ad · stepH6806
• take holdתָּמַךְtâmak · to graspH8551
• on hellשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585

Cross-references for Proverbs 5:5

• Proverbs 2:18for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed;
• Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.

Commentaries on Proverbs 5:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Her feet go down to death - She first, like a serpent, infuses her poison, by which the whole constitution of her paramour is infected, which soon or late brings on death. Her steps take hold on hell - First, the death of the body; and then the damnation of the soul. These are the tendencies of connections with such women.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6A relationship with an immoral woman leads to death, just like a relationship with the woman named Folly (see Proverbs 9:13–18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. feet ... , steps--that is, course of life ends in death.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 5:5

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

In the dictionaries

• Cord
• Mouth
• Death
• Education
• Hezekiah (2)
• Proverbs, the Book of
• Purity

Commentaries on Proverbs 5

• 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