Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 23:27

For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.

27. Comp. Pro 22:14.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Verse 27. For a whore is a deep ditch] See on Pr 22:14.

Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible

A deep ditch; in which a man is in evident danger of perdition, and out of which it is exceeding difficult to escape.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

27, 28. deep ditcha narrowpit, out of which it is hard to climb.

lieth in waittoensnare men into the pit, as hunters entrap game (compare Pr22:14).

Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For a whore [is] a deep ditch,…. Or, “as a deep ditch”, so Aben Ezra; to which she may be compared for the filthiness of her whoredoms, and for her insatiable lust, as well as for her being never satisfied with what she receives from her lovers. Plautus compares g her to the sea, which devours whatever you give, and yet nothing appears; and another h calls a whore Charybdis, from her swallowing up and devouring all a man has. She is as a ditch that has no bottom, into which those that fall are ever sinking deeper and deeper, till they get into the bottomless pit; for there is seldom any recovery from this dreadful evil;

and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit; or “well” i; into which when men fall, they bruise themselves in a terrible manner, by beating from side to side; and out of which they cannot extricate themselves; at least not easily, but with great difficulty, if ever. This may very well be applied to the whore of Rome, and the filthiness of her fornications; and the dreadful state of those who are drawn in to commit fornication with her.

g Truculaetus, Act. 2. Sc. 7. v. 16, 17. “Lucuculetum coenum”, Bacchides, Act. 3. Sc. 1. v. 11. “Lutea meretrix”, Trucul. Act. 4. Sc. 4. v. 1l. h Sydonius Apollinar. l. 9. Ep. 6. i “putens”, V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis, Schultens.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(27) Strange woman (nokhriyyah).See above, on Pro. 2:16.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

27, 28. A strange woman A lewd woman. Pro 23:27 very forcibly represents the helpless and all but inextricable condition of him who falls a prey to the wiles of a bad woman.

As for a prey Like a robber. Compare Pro 22:14.

Increaseth the transgressors Literally, the treacherous; those who act covertly, as under a cloak, or in the dark. Men of licentious habits are compelled to resort to falsehood, deception, and hypocrisy, in order both to cover up and support their vices. Compare Pro 7:12; Pro 22:14. “More iniquity springs from this source of evil than from any other in the whole system of sin, [strong drink excepted.] Women and strong drink cause millions to transgress.” Adam Clarke.

Pro 23:29-35 are a vivid description of the effects of indulgence in intoxicating drink.

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Or want, poverty, indigence. Lange says: “Literally, who hath ah? who hath alas?

The interjection is found only here.”

Babbling Or complaining, an anxious, restless state of mind.

Redness of eyes Blood-shot, blurred, or bleared eyes. (Gen 49:12.) Literally, darkness or obscurity of eyes. It may, perhaps, refer to the obscurity of vision produced by intoxication.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

v. 27. For a whore, as opposed to the person of wisdom, is a deep ditch, and a strange woman, the outsider, the harlot, is a narrow pit, one yielding to her seductions will find it hard to escape from her power.

Fuente: The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann

Pro 23:27. A whore is a deep ditch See the note on chap. Pro 22:14.

Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke

Pro 23:27 For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.

Ver. 27. For an whore is a deep ditch. ] Fitly so called, quod nullus neque modus neque finis sit in amore meritricio, because lust is boundless, bottomless. He is a perfect slave that serves a whore. See Trapp on “ Pro 22:14 “

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

strange = foreign. Hebrew. nakar. See note on Pro 2:16; Pro 5:3. Not the same word as in Pro 23:33.

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Pro 22:14

Reciprocal: Gen 39:10 – as she spake Num 31:16 – these caused Jdg 16:4 – he loved Pro 2:16 – deliver Pro 5:4 – her Pro 5:20 – with Pro 9:15 – General Pro 20:16 – a strange Ecc 7:26 – I find Hos 4:11 – take

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Pro 23:27-28. For a whore is a deep ditch In which a man is in evident danger of perdition, and out of which it is exceeding difficult to escape. See the note on Pro 22:14. She lieth in wait, &c. Watching all opportunities of insnaring young men to their destruction; and increaseth the transgressors among men She is the cause of innumerable sins against God, and against the souls and bodies of those whom she insnares, and by her arts and wicked example involves many persons in the guilt of her sins. She is of no other use in the world, which already is too bad, but to make it worse, by increasing the number of lewd, faithless, and incorrigible sinners.

Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments