Proverbs 7:15

Proverbs 7:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
• New International Version (NIV)So I came out to meet you; I looked for you and have found you!
• English Standard Version (ESV)so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
• New Living Translation (NLT)You’re the one I was looking for! I came out to find you, and here you are!

Context of Proverbs 7:15

13So she caught him and kissed him; With an impudent face she said to him: 14“I have peace offerings with me; Today I have paid my vows. So I came out to meet you, Diligently to seek your face, And I have found you. 16I have spread my bed with tapestry, Colored coverings of Egyptian linen. 17I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Proverbs 7:15 word by word

עַל־כֵּ֭ן יָצָ֣אתִי לִקְרָאתֶ֑ךָ לְשַׁחֵ֥ר פָּ֝נֶ֗יךָ וָאֶמְצָאֶֽךָּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore came I forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• to meetקִרְאָהqir'âh · befallH7125
• thee, diligently to seekשָׁחַרshâchar · to seekH7836
• thy faceפָּנֶהpânîym · face ofH6440
• and I have foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672

Commentaries on Proverbs 7:15

• 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. 6-23The young man's father shares a story to explain his lesson about women with questionable morals.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

Topics related to Proverbs 7:15

• Adultery
• Blindness
• Harlot (Prostitute)
• Hypocrisy
• Ignorance
• Lasciviousness
• Temptation
• Women
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Chamber
• Discern
• Goodman
• Loud
• Adultery
• Face
• Hezekiah (2)
• Proverbs, the Book of
• peace offering

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