Proverbs 7:26–27
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7:26for she has brought down53 many fatally wounded,
and all those she has slain are many.54
7:27Her house is the way to the grave,55
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- 53 Heb “she has caused to fall.”
- 54 Heb “numerous” (so , , , ) or “countless.”
- 55 The noun “Sheol” in parallelism to “the chambers of death” probably means the grave. The noun is a genitive of location, indicating the goal of the road(s). Her house is not the grave; it is, however, the sure way to it. Her house is the way to the grave. The young man’s life is not destroyed in one instant; it is taken from him gradually as he enters into a course of life that will leave him as another victim of the wages of sin. The point of the warning is to prevent such a course from starting. Sin can certainly be forgiven, but the more involvement in this matter the greater the alienation from the healthy community.
- 56 The Qal active participle modifies “ways” to Sheol. The “road,” as it were, descends to the place of death.
- 57 “Chambers” is a hypocatastasis, comparing the place of death or the grave with a bedroom in the house. It plays on the subtlety of the temptation. Cf. “Her bedroom is the den of death.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
for many a victim has she laid low,
and all her slain are a mighty throng.
Her house is the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Many are the victims she has brought down;
her slain are a mighty throng.
Her house is a highway to the grave,
leading down to the chambers of death.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
For she has brought many down to death;
her victims are countless.
Her house is the road to Sheol,
descending to the chambers of death.
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NLTNew Living Translation
For she has been the ruin of many;
many men have been her victims.
Her house is the road to the grave.
Her bedroom is the den of death.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
For many slain she has laid low,
and countless are all of her killings.
The ways of Sheol are her house,
descending to chambers of death.
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KJV 1900King James Version
For she hath cast down many wounded:
Yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
Her house is the way to hell,
Going down to the chambers of death.
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