Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
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Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
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And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
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And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
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Passages linked to Proverbs 7:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 3:16-24 Moreover Yahweh said, “Because the daughters of Zion are arrogant, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking to trip as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet; therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion, and Yahweh will make their scalps bald.” In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces, the earrings, the bracelets, the veils, the headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume containers, the charms, the signet rings, the nose rings, the fine robes, the capes, the cloaks, the purses, the hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the tiaras, and the shawls. It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well set hair, baldness; instead of a robe, a wearing of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2-3 For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ. But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
- 1 Timothy 2:9 In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety, not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing,
- 2 Kings 9:30 When Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out at the window.
- Jeremiah 4:30 You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with makeup, you make yourself beautiful in vain. Your lovers despise you. They seek your life.
- Genesis 38:14-15 She took off the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn’t given to him as a wife. When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
- 2 Kings 9:22 When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?”
- Isaiah 23:16 Take a harp; go about the city, you prostitute that has been forgotten. Make sweet melody. Sing many songs, that you may be remembered.
- Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”
- Revelation 17:3-5 He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns. The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of the sexual immorality of the earth. And on her forehead a name was written, “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, garment.
Or, garment.
Or, hid.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 7:10 And, behold, there met him a woman…
Pro 7:10 And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
Ver. 10. And behold there met him a woman.] Fit lettuce for such lips, a fit handle for such a hatchet. Every corner is full of such dust heaps, the land is even darkened with them, as Egypt once was with the locusts. {Exo 10:15}
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With the attire of an harlot.] {See Trapp on "Pro 6:25"} The Hebrew word here signifies a set habit or ornament finely fitted to the body: vestitus in quo plicae, saith Lavater, plaited tarments, plaited hair, &c. Let such take heed of the plica poloniea, that dreadful disease.
And subtile of heart.] Or, Trussed up about the breasts, with her upper parts naked. So Levi Ben. Gersom: Erat nudo collo et pectore, corde tenus, &c. She met him with her naked breasts; at this day too commonly used by such as would be held no harlots.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain With the attire of an harlot; with a habit…
With the attire of an harlot; with a habit and carriage agreeable to her quality and design.
Subtle, or wary, or reserved, as she showed in her following discourse; wherein she proposeth all things which might invite him, and conceals whatsoever might discourage him.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain She is loud and stubborn,.... "Loud"; not that her…
She is loud and stubborn,.... "Loud"; not that her voice may be heard, and so be found by those that seek her in the dark, as Aben Ezra interprets it; but rather clamorous, noisy, and talkative, when she has got her gallant with her; pouring out foolish and unchaste words to allure and entice him; unless it is to be understood of her bawling and scolding, when within doors, at her husband, in order to get him out, and be rid of him; to whom she is "stubborn" or "rebellious", as the Targum, breaking covenant with him, and disobeying his commands; and departing from him, declining out of the way, as Jarchi; speaking rebellion, as Aben Ezra: all which agree with the whore of Rome, who is rebellious against Christ, whose spouse she professes to be; is perfidious to him, disobedient to his commandments; is gone out of the way of his truths and ordinances, and publishes and encourages everything that is contrary thereunto; as well as has a mouth speaking blasphemies, Rev 13:5;
her feet abide not in her house; to attend the business of it; but site is gadding abroad to seek her lovers, and bring them in; it is the character of good women that they are keepers at home, but it is the sign of a harlot to gad abroad, which is enlarged upon in Pro 7:11.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 10. A woman with the attire of a…
Verse 10. A woman with the attire of a harlot] It appears that sitting in some open place, and covering the face, or having a veil of a peculiar kind on, was the evidence of a harlot, Ge 38:14; Ge 38:15-19. No doubt, in Solomon's time, they had other distinctions. In all other countries, and in all times, the show of their countenance did testify against them; they declared their sin as Sodom; they hid it not. However, this does not seem to have been a mere prostitute; for she was, according to her own declaration, a married woman, and kept house, Pr 7:19, if her assertions relative to this were not falsehoods, and calculated the better to render him secure, and prevent the suspicion of endangering himself by cohabiting with a common woman; which I am rather inclined to think was the case, for she was subtle of heart.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Attire. Covered with a veil, (Genesis xxxviii. 15.) though…
Attire. Covered with a veil, (Genesis xxxviii. 15.) though different from that of honest women. (Calmet) --- The wanton are commonly the most gaudy; nullarum fere pretiosior cultus est quam quarum pudor vilis est. (St. Cyprian, de Habitu.) --- Prepared, &c. Hebrew, "guarded," (Calmet) or "subtle of heart." (Protestants) "who makes the hearts of youths take flight." (Septuagint) (Canticle of Canticles vi. 4.) (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain attire--that of harlots was sometimes peculiar.
attire--that of harlots was sometimes peculiar.
subtile--or, "wary," "cunning."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10. Attire of a harlot — Such persons usually…
10. Attire of a harlot — Such persons usually have some means of making their character known. Their dress or manner shows what they are. שׁית, (shith,) rendered attire, means something put on, some particular article, possibly, which indicated her occupation. Comp. Gen_38:15; Gen_38:19.
Subtile of heart — The idea may be, rather, guarded or reserved of heart; that is, having no affection, though pretending to much. “Wary of mind.” — Stuart. “Hidden in heart.” — Miller. Instead of “attire,” the Geneva has, “behaviour.”
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. attire of a harlot] Comp. Gen_38:14; Eze_16:16; Eze_16:25;…
10. attire of a harlot] Comp. Gen_38:14; Eze_16:16; Eze_16:25; Bar_6:43.
subtil] Lit. hidden, or kept close, and so, subtil, or wily, because she keeps such strict watch over her heart as not to allow its true motives and feelings to appear.
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The LXX. and Vulg. understand it to refer to her action on the hearts or passions of her victims, ἣ ποιεῖ νέων ἐξίπτασθαι καρδίας, præparata ad capiendas animas.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) Subtil of heart.—Feigning love to her husband and…
(10) Subtil of heart.—Feigning love to her husband and devotion to her lovers, yet caring for none, only to satisfy her own passions.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And, behold, there met him a woman. His long…
And, behold, there met him a woman. His long watch is rewarded; the woman comes forth from her house into the street a proceeding which would at once show what she was, especially in the East, where females are kept secluded, and never appear at night or unattended. With the attire of a harlot. There is no "with" in the original, "woman" and "attire" being in apposition: "There met him a woman, a harlot"s dress"; (shith, Psa_73:6) her attire catches the eye at once, and identifies her. (comp. Gen_38:14) In Rev_17:4 the harlot is "arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls;" and in the present case the female is dressed in some conspicuous garments, very different from the sober clothing of the pure and modest. Subtil of heart (ble trxun); literally, of concealed heart; i.e. she hides her real feelings, feigning, perhaps, affection for a husband, or love for her paramour, while she seeks only to satisfy her evil passions. The versions have used a different reading. Thus the Septuagint: "Who makes the hearts of young men flutter (eziptasyai );" Vulgate, praeparata ad capiendas animas, "ready to catch souls."
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 with a false heart
with a false heart
Here "heart" represents intentions or plans. AT: "she planned to deceive someone" (See: Metaphor)
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She was loud and wayward
"She talked loudly and acted in the ways she wished to"
her feet did not stay at home
The phrase "her feet" represent the woman. AT: "she did not stay at home" (See: Synecdoche)
she waited in ambush
Here the woman is spoken of as if she were preparing to physically trap a person or an animal. Also, the idea of trapping someone here represents persuading someone to commit sin. AT: "she waited to trap someone" or "she waited to find someone she could persuade to sin" (See: Metaphor)
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prostitute
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 7:10 The woman, seductively dressed, looks good on the…
7:10 The woman, seductively dressed, looks good on the outside but inside is full of trouble.
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