For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.
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For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.
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For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
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For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;
Cross-references (6)
Passages linked to Proverbs 7:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 20:11 When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
- Luke 12:45-46 But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken, then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn’t expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn’t know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
- Matthew 24:43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
- Matthew 24:48 But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’
- Mark 13:34-36 “It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch. Watch therefore, for you don’t know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning; lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.
- Luke 12:39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 7:19 For the goodman [is] not at home,…
Pro 7:19 For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey:
Ver. 19. For the goodman is not at home.] Heb., The man, - not my man, or my husband, &c. The very mention (how much more the presence!) of such a man might have marred the mirth.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The goodman; whom she doth not call her husband,…
The goodman; whom she doth not call her husband, lest the mention of that name should awaken his conscience or discretion.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain He hath taken a bag of money with him,....…
He hath taken a bag of money with him,.... Or, "in his hand" (a); either for merchandise, as Gersom; or for defraying: the charges of his journey; and both suppose length of time: if for merchandise, it required time to purchase goods, and see them packed up and sent away; or if for his journey, since it was not a few pieces of money he put in his pocket to defray expenses, but a bag of it he carried in his hand, it shows that he should be out a considerable time;
and will come home at the day appointed; and not before: Aben Ezra interprets it, at the beginning of the month, at the new moon, when the moon is covered (b), which Horace (c) calls "tricessima sabbata": but rather it is to be understood of the full moon, as Aquila and the Vulgate Latin version render it; when it is light all night, and so a proper time for travelling home again. Gersom takes it to mean the beginning of the year, when the holy blessed God, parabolically speaking, sits upon a throne to judge the world in righteousness: the Targum calls it the day of the congregation; some fixed festival day, when the congregation meets together; and at such a festival, or appointed time, this good man had fixed for his return, and when, and not before, he would. This she says to remove all fears from the young man of being surprised and caught by her husband. There is an appointed time for Christ's second coming, when he will certainly come, and not before; and which is supposed to be at a great distance of time: and therefore wicked men and seducers, and such as the apostate church of Rome make use of to encourage themselves in their wickedness, in hopes of impunity, put the evil day far away from them; but in the appointed time Christ will come, and call his servants to an account, good and bad.
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(a) "in manu sua", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Gejerus, Michaelis. (b) "in die plenae lunae", V. L. Michaelis; "novilunii", so some in Vatablus, Piscator; "ad diem interlunii", Cocceius, Schultens. (c) Satirar. l. 1. Sat. 9. v. 69.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 19. For the good man] Literally, "For the…
Verse 19. For the good man] Literally, "For the man is not in his house."
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The reference to the husband is probably a blind.…
The reference to the husband is probably a blind. The use of the word “goodman” is due to the wish of the English translators to give a colloquial character to this part of their Version. The Hebrew is merely “the man.” A touch of scorn may be noticed in the form of speech: not “my husband,” but simply “the man.”
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain My. Literally, "the man." (Haydock) --- She speaks thus…
My. Literally, "the man." (Haydock) --- She speaks thus out of contempt. (Calmet)
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).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 19, 20. The goodman — האישׁ, (haish,) the man,…
19, 20. The goodman — האישׁ, (haish,) the man, that is, of the house. Geneva Bible, “housband.” She pretends that she has a husband, or father, but that he is out of the way. This is said to assure her paramour of safe and uninterrupted enjoyment.
Gone a long journey — Literally, gone in the way, afar off.
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The bag of money — quite a bundle — is mentioned, to correspond with the long journey.
At the day appointed — Many of the best critics prefer, at the full moon. Comp. Psa_81:3.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. the goodman] Heb. the man, i.e. her husband.…
19. the goodman] Heb. the man, i.e. her husband. There is no fear of detection. See for the reason why this is urged, Pro_6:34-35.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (19) The goodman.—Literally, the man; she does not even…
(19) The goodman.—Literally, the man; she does not even call him “my husband.”
At the day appointed.—Rather, at the full moon, a fortnight later, as now it would seem to have been new moon, when the nights are dark.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The temptress proceeds to encourage the youth by showing…
The temptress proceeds to encourage the youth by showing that there is no fear of interruption or detection. The goodman is not at home. "Goodman" is an old word meaning "master of the house," or husband; (Mat_20:11, etc.) but the Hebrew is simply "the man," which is probably a contemptuous way of speaking of the husband whom she was outraging. He is gone a long journey; he has gone to a place at a great distance hence. This fact might assure her lover that he was safe from her husband"s jealousy; (Pro_6:34) but she has further encouragement to offer.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 is not at his house
is not at his house
"is not at home"
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full moon
The moon is said to be full when it is a perfectly round disk, shining at its brightest.
she turned him
To persuade someone to act in a certain way is spoken of as if it were changing the direction that person was walking. AT: "she persuaded him" (See: Metaphor)
her ... she ... him
The female is the married woman who wants to sleep with "him," the young man.
smooth lips
Here "lips" represents what a person says. When a person flatters someone else by saying things that are not sincere, these words are spoken of as if they were a smooth object. AT: "flattering, deceiving words" (See: Metonymy and Metaphor)
she misled him
"she persuaded him to do something evil" AT: "she convinced him to sin with her"
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