God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 7:14
14“I have some sacrificial meat. Today I kept my vows.
Proverbs 7:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
- New International Version (NIV)“Today I fulfilled my vows, and I have food from my fellowship offering at home.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows;
- New King James Version (NKJV)“I have peace offerings with me; Today I have paid my vows.
Context of Proverbs 7:14
12One moment she is out on the street, the next she is at the curb, on the prowl at every corner. 13She grabs him and kisses him and brazenly says to him, “I have some sacrificial meat. Today I kept my vows. 15That’s why I came to meet you. Eagerly, I looked for you, and I’ve found you. 16I’ve made my bed, with colored sheets of Egyptian linen.
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:14 word by word
זִבְחֵ֣י שְׁלָמִ֣ים עָלָ֑י הַ֝יּ֗וֹם שִׁלַּ֥מְתִּי נְדָרָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:14
- Proverbs 15:8A sacrifice brought by wicked people is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayers of decent people please him.
- Proverbs 17:1Better a bite of dry bread ⌞eaten⌟ in peace than a family feast filled with strife.
- Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of wicked people is disgusting, especially if they bring it with evil intent.
- Leviticus 7:15“The meat from your fellowship offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day it is offered. Never leave any of it until morning.
- Deuteronomy 12:6Bring him your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, one-tenth of your income, your contributions, the offerings you vow to bring, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats.
- 2 Samuel 15:7Four years later Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron and keep the vow I made to the Lord.
- 1 Kings 21:9In these letters she wrote: “Announce a fast. Seat Naboth as leader of the people.
- John 18:28Early in the morning, Jesus was taken from Caiaphas’ house to the governor’s palace. The Jews wouldn’t go into the palace. They didn’t want to become unclean, since they wanted to eat the Passover.
Commentaries on Proverbs 7:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14I have peace-offerings with me - More literally, "the sacrifices of the peace-offerings are with me." Peace-offerings Mymlv shelamim, were offerings the spiritual design of which was to make peace between God and man, to make up the breach between them which sin had occasioned; see the notes on Leviticus 7 (note), where every kind of sacrifice offered under the law is explained. When the blood of these was poured out at the altar, and the fat burnt there…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14This pretence of a religious feast gives us an insight into some strange features of popular religion under the monarchy of Judah. The harlot uses the technical word Leviticus 3:1 for the “peace-offerings,” and makes them the starting-point for her sin. They have to be eaten on the same day that they are offered Leviticus 7:15-16, and she invites her victim to the feast. She who speaks is a “foreigner” who, under a show of conformity to the religion of…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. 14The immoral woman follows religious rituals to appear good, but her actions show a corrupt heart.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1513-15. The preparations for a feast do not necessarily imply peculiar religious professions. The offerer retained part of the victim for a feast (Le 3:9, &c.). This feast she professes was prepared for him whom she boldly addresses as one sought specially to partake of it.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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