Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:6-23
Solomon here, to enforce the caution he had given against the sin of whoredom, tells a story of a young man that was ruined to all intents and purposes by the enticements of an adulterous woman. Such a story as this would serve the lewd profane poets of our age to make a play of, and the harlot with them would be a heroine; nothing would be so entertaining to the audience, nor give them so much diversion, as her arts of beguiling the young gentleman and drawing in the country squire; her conquests would be celebrated as the triumphs of wit and love, and the comedy would conclude very pleasantly; and every young man that saw it acted would covet to be so picked up. Thus fools make a mock at s…
Read the whole note in the consoleJamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 7:11
loud--or, "noisy," "bustling."
stubborn--not submissive.
without . . . streets, . . . corner--(Compare Ti1 5:13; Tit 2:5).
John Gill on Proverbs 7:11
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 rebell…
Read the whole note in the consoleKeil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 7:10-12
Finally, the young man devoid of understanding sees his waiting rewarded: like meets like.
10 And, lo, a woman coming to meet him,
In the attire of an harlot and of subtle heart.
11 Boisterous is she, and ungovernable;
Her feet have no rest in her own house.
12 At one time before her door, at another in the street,
And again at every corner she places herself on the watch.
"Pro 7:12 (Hitzig) expresses what is wont to be, instead of a single event, Pro 7:11, viz., the custom of a street harlot. But she who is spoken of is not such an one; lurking is not applicable to her (cf. Job 31:9), and, Pro 7:11, it is not meant that she is thus inclined." But Hitzig's rendering of Pro 7:11, "she was boi…
