Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 23:28
She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
28. as for a prey ] Better, with A.V. marg., R.V. text, as a robber.
transgressors ] Better, treacherous. Those whom she seduces become in their turn seducers and untrustworthy in similar relations.
The Evils of Drunkenness, Pro 23:29-35 .
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 28. Increaseth the transgressors among men.] More iniquity springs from this one source of evil, than from any other cause in the whole system of sin. Women and strong drink cause many millions to transgress.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Lieth in wait as for a prey; watching all opportunities of insnaring young men to their destruction.
Increaseth the transgressors among men; she is the cause of innumerable sins against God, and against the marriage-bed, against the soul and body too, and by her wicked example and arts involveth many persons in the guilt of her sins.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
28. increaseth . . . transgressors(Pr 5:8-10). The vicealluded to is peculiarly hardening to the heart.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey,…. At the door of her house, in the corner of the streets, in the dark of the night; laying her snares, and spreading her nets, for unwary persons, to make a prey of their virtue and of their money. Or, “as [a man of] prey” k; a thief and robber, so Gersom; thus she watches and takes all opportunities to seize on persons, and rob them of their substance, health, and credit; or rather “as [a beast of] prey”; ravenous, devouring, and insatiable; so the Targum,
“as a beast ravening, she lies in wait with her eyes;”
and increaseth the transgressors among men; there is none that occasions wore sin, or makes more sinners, than a whorish woman; swearing, lying, drunkenness, thieving, stealing, housebreaking, robbing on the highway, c. are the sins she leads into. Or, “increaseth treacherous” l persons to God, to their king, to their wives, to their master’s; and all that they may consume, what they can get by perfidious practices, upon them, or,
“perfidious persons among men, she adds “to herself” m;”
she gets a parcel of abandoned wretches about her, whom she employs as her panders for her lust, or as bullies to spoil her gallants of their substance, or murder them for the sake of it.
k “tanquam vir praedae”, Vatablus; “ut praedator”, Mercerus, Gejerus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator “ut raptor”, Cocceius; “velut praedo”, Michaelis; “ut harpago”, Schultens. l “perfidos”, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schultens. m “adjungitque sibi”, Tigurine version.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(28) Increaseth the transgressors (faithless) among men.This vice being the fruitful source of faithlessness both towards man and God.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
v. 28. She also lieth in wait as for a prey,
Fuente: The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann
Pro 23:28 She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Ver. 28. She also lieth in wait. ] Terence calls harlots Cruces crumenimulgas, sordida poscinummia, &c., base beg pennies, pick purses, &c. See the notes upon Pro 7:1-27 . See Trapp on “ Pro 7:1 “ &c
And increaseth the transgressors among men.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
transgressors = traitors.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
as for a prey: or, as a robber, Pro 2:16-19, Pro 7:12, Pro 7:22-27, Pro 9:18, Pro 22:14, Jdg 16:4-22, Ecc 7:26, Jer 3:2
increaseth: Num 25:1, Hos 4:11, 1Co 10:8, Rev 17:1, Rev 17:2
Reciprocal: Pro 5:4 – her Pro 5:20 – with Pro 9:15 – General Act 11:23 – purpose
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
23:28 She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, {m} and increaseth the transgressors among men.
(m) She seduces many and causes them to offend God.