English Standard Version
Proverbs 7:27
27Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Her house is the way to hell, Descending to the chambers of death.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Her house is the road to the grave. Her bedroom is the den of death.
Context of Proverbs 7:27
25Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths, 26for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng. Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
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 2:18for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed;
- Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol;
- Proverbs 9:18But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken 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
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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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