Proverbs 5:9-12
9. thine honour—in whatever consisting, strength (Pr 3:13) or wealth.
thy years—by cutting them off in dissipation. unto the cruel—for such the sensual are apt to become.10. wealth—literally, "strength," or the result of it.
labours—the fruit of thy painful exertions (Ps 127:2). There may be a reference to slavery, a commuted punishment for death due the adulterer (De 22:22).11. at the last—the end, or reward (compare Pr 5:4).
mourn—roar in pain. flesh and . . . body—the whole person under incurable disease.12-14. The ruined sinner vainly laments his neglect of warning and his sad fate in being brought to public disgrace.
Copyright information for
JFB