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Proverbs 5:6
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She doesn’t consider the path of life;she doesn’t know that her ways are unstable.
She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
she does not ponder the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.
She gives little thought to life. She doesn't even know that her ways are wrong.
Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths are unstable but she does not know it.
So that she does not think [seriously] about the path of life; Her ways are aimless and unstable; you cannot know where her path leads.
She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.
She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.
She weigheth not the way of life: her paths are moueable: thou canst not knowe them.
Lest she watch the path of life;Her tracks are unstable, she does not know it.
She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
She has missed the path that leads to life and doesn't even know it.
she doesn't walk the level path of life — her course wanders all over, but she doesn't know it.
Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither].
Don't follow her. She has lost her way and does not even know it. Be careful. Stay on the road that leads to life.
She does not tread upon the land of the living, her paths are devious, and are unknown.
She does not stay on the road to life; but wanders off, and does not realize what is happening.
She does not observe the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.
lest you should meditate on the path of life, her tracks are movable, you cannot know them.
She regardeth not the path of life, so vnstedfast are hir wayes, that thou canst not knowe them.
So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, and she knoweth it not.
She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.
Lest she should walk the even path of life, her ways wander, but she knoweth it not.
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her wayes are moueable, that thou canst not know them.
Perchaunce thou wylt ponder the path of her lyfe: so vnstedfast are her wayes that thou canst not know them.
For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known.
So that she findeth not the level path of life: her ways are unstable and she knoweth it not.
Tho goon not bi the path of lijf; hir steppis ben vncerteyn, and moun not be souyt out.
If she does not find the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she will not know.
Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are movable, [that] thou canst not know [them].
Lest you ponder her path of life-- Her ways are unstable; You do not know them.
For she cares nothing about the path to life. She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn't realize it.
She does not think about the path of life. Her ways go this way and that, and she does not know it.
She does not keep straight to the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.
Lest, the path of life, she should ponder, her tracks have wandered she knoweth not whither .
They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable.
The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.
She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
ponder: Proverbs 4:26, Psalms 119:59
the path: Proverbs 11:19, Psalms 16:11
her: Proverbs 6:12, Proverbs 6:13, Proverbs 7:10-21, 2 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Thessalonians 2:10
Cross-References
To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life,.... Consider and meditate which is the way to get out of her hands and ways, and escape death, and obtain eternal life; lest those she has drawn into her wicked course of life should be religiously inclined, and think of quitting such a course, and inquire after the way of life and salvation; and be weighing in their minds which is most eligible, to continue with her whose feet lead to death, or to take the path of life: to prevent all this, if possible,
her ways are movable: she appears in different shapes; changes her dress and habitation; makes use of a thousand arts to ensnare men, to entangle their affections, and retain them in her nets; she first puts them upon one thing, and then on another; she leads them into various mazes and labyrinths of sin, till they have lost all sense of religion, and sight of the path of life;
[that] thou canst not know [them]; her ways, arts, and devices. Or, "thou canst not know" k; that is, the way of life, or how to get out of her ways into that. Or, "thou knowest not"; where she goes, whither she leads thee, and what will be the end and issue of such a course of life. The Targum understands it, and so some other interpreters, of the harlot herself, paraphrasing the whole thus;
"in the way of life she walks not; her ways are unstable, and she knows not''
the way of life, nor where her ways will end; or, "cares not" l what becomes of her. And so, in like manner, the former part of the verse is understood and interpreted, "lest she ponder the path of life" m; or as others, "she does not ponder the path of life" n; The ways of the antichristian harlot are with all deceivableness of unrighteousness; and her chief care is to keep persons in ignorance, and from pondering the path of life or true religion, and to retain them in her idolatry, 2 Thessalonians 2:9.
k ×× ×ª××¢ "non scires", Cocceius; "non cognosces", Baynus. l "Haud curat", Schultens. m ××¨× ×××× ×¤× ×ª×¤×ס "iter vitae ne forte libraverit", Schultens. n "Viam vitae non appendit, vel ponderat", Gejerus; so Luther; "iter vitae non expandit", Noldius, p. 249. No. 2008.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Or (with the Septuagint and Vulgate), Lest she should ponder (or âShe ponders notâ) the way of life, her paths move to and fro (unsteady as an earthquake); she knows not. The words describe with a terrible vividness the state of heart and soul which prostitution brings upon its victims; the reckless blindness that will not think, tottering on the abyss, yet loud in its defiant mirth, ignoring the dreadful future.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 5:6. Lest thou shouldest ponder — To prevent thee from reflecting on thy present conduct, and its consequences, her ways are moveable - she continually varies her allurements.
Thou canst not know them. — It is impossible to conceive all her tricks and wiles: to learn these in all their varieties, is a part of the science first taught in that infernal trade.
