God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 7:27
27Her home is the way to hell and leads to the darkest vaults 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.
- 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 your heart be turned to her ways. Do not wander onto her paths, 26because she has brought down many victims, and she has killed all too many. Her home is the way to hell and leads to the darkest vaults 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 2:18Her house sinks down to death. Her ways lead to the souls of the dead.
- Proverbs 5:5Her feet descend to death. Her steps lead straight to hell.
- Proverbs 9:18But he does not know that the souls of the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of hell.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26I find that a woman whose thoughts are ⌞like⌟ traps and snares is more bitter than death itself. Even her hands are ⌞like⌟ chains. Whoever pleases God will escape her, but she will catch whoever continues to sin.
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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