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Proverbs 2:18
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for her house sinks down to deathand her ways to the land of the departed spirits.
For her house leads down to death, Her paths to the dead.
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed;
Her house is on the way to death; those who took that path are now all dead.
For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits.
For her house leads down to death And her paths lead to the dead;
For her house sinks down to death, And her tracks lead to the dead;
For her house leads down to death, Her paths to the dead.
Surely her house tendeth to death, and her paths vnto the dead.
For her house sinks down to deathAnd her tracks descend to the dead;
For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
The road to her house leads down to the dark world of the dead.
Her house is sinking toward death, her paths lead to the dead.
—for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;
For she has forgotten the threshold of her house and the way of her paths.
If you go to her house, you are traveling the road to death. To go there is to approach the world of the dead.
for her house sinks to death, and to the dead are her paths.
For her house leads down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
For hir house is enclyned vnto death, and hir pathes vnto hell.
For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;
For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:
For her house sinketh down unto death, and her paths unto the shades;
For her house inclineth vnto death, and her pathes vnto the dead:
For her house is enclined vnto death, and her pathes vnto hell.
For she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near Hades with the giants.
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead:
and hath foryete the couenaunt of hir God. For the hous of hir is bowid to deeth, and hir pathis to helle.
For her house inclines to death, And her paths to the dead;
For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead.
For her house leads down to death, And her paths to the dead;
Entering her house leads to death; it is the road to the grave.
For her house goes down to death, and her steps lead to the dead.
for her way leads down to death, and her paths to the shades;
For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses;
And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell.
for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the shades;
For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.
For her house sinks down to death And her tracks lead to the dead;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 5:4-14, Proverbs 6:26-35, Proverbs 7:22-27, Proverbs 9:18, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Galatians 5:19-21, Ephesians 5:5, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:15
Reciprocal: Proverbs 5:5 - General Proverbs 6:32 - destroyeth Proverbs 7:27 - General Proverbs 15:24 - that Proverbs 21:16 - remain Ecclesiastes 7:26 - I find
Cross-References
God looked at everything he had made. And he saw that everything was very good. There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the sixth day.
Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and made a man. He breathed the breath of life into the man's nose, and the man became a living thing.
Then the Lord God caused all the beautiful trees that were good for food to grow in the garden. In the middle of the garden, he put the tree of life and the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil.
The name of the first river was Pishon. This river flowed around the entire country of Havilah.
(There is gold in that country, and that gold is pure. A kind of expensive perfume and onyx are also found there.)
The name of the second river was Gihon. This river flowed around the whole land of Cush.
The man said, "The woman you put here with me gave me fruit from that tree. So I ate it."
Then Naomi, Ruth's mother-in-law, said to her, "My daughter, maybe I should find a husband and a good home for you. That would be good for you.
If you find a wife, you have found something good. She shows that the Lord is happy with you.
A man might think that he is not doing the right thing with his fiancée. She might be almost past the best age to marry. So he might feel that he should marry her. He should do what he wants. It is no sin for them to get married.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For her house inclineth unto death,.... Bends, verges, and points that way; it lies in the way to death, and brings unto it, and sinks into it as into a ditch; or all that are in her house, that are familiar with her, live and dwell with her, and commit wickedness with her; these incline or are liable to lose, and do lose, their name, character, and reputation, which is a death upon them; and bring diseases upon their bodies, which issue in corporeal death; or are in danger of dying by the hand of the injured husband, or the civil magistrate; and also are exposed unto eternal death: or "she inclines to death, which is her house" x, so Aben Ezra and Kimchi; and to which the Targum agrees,
"for in the pit of death is her house:''
that is, the house she at last comes to and must dwell in, and all that are ensnared by her; see Proverbs 5:5; and the second death will be the portion of the whore of Rome and all her followers,
Revelation 14:10;
and her paths unto the dead; that is, her evil ways in which she walks, and into which she draws others to join with her; these lead both her and them to the "damned" y in hell, to keep company with them, and be punished as they are: the word "rephaim", here used, sometimes signifies "giants", and so the Targum renders it here; and may refer to the giants of the old world, who were cut off for their debauchery and uncleanness, Genesis 6:4; and with whom such persons shall be for ever.
x אל מות בתיה "ad mortem quoad domum suam", Cocceius; "ad mortem domum suam", Gejerus; "quod ad domum suam", Michaelis. y אל רפאים "ad damnatos", Tigurine version; "ad orcinos", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The house of the adulteress is as Hades, the realm of death, haunted by the spectral shadows of the dead (Rephaim, see the Psalms 88:10 note), who have perished there.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 2:18. For her house inclineth unto death — It is generally in by and secret places that such women establish themselves. They go out of the high road to get a residence; and every step that is taken towards their house is a step towards death. The path of sin is the path of ruin: the path of duty is the way of safety. For her paths incline unto the dead, רפאים repheim, the inhabitants of the invisible world. The woman who abandons herself to prostitution soon contracts, and generally communicates, that disease, which, above all others, signs the speediest and most effectual passport to the invisible world. Therefore it is said,
