Proverbs 7:19 (BSB)

For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.

From Proverbs 7. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 7:19

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary 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...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 7:19: He hath taken a bag of money with him,.... Or, "in his hand" (a); either for merchandise, as Gersom; or for defraying: the charges of his journey; and both suppose length of time: if for merchandise, it required time to purchase goods, and see them packed up and sent away; or if for his journey, since it was not a few pieces of money he...
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 7:19-20: Pro 7:19-20 The adulteress now deprives the youth of all fear; the circumstances under which her invitation is given are as favourable as possible. 19 “For the man is not at home, He has gone on a long journey. 20 He has taken the purse with him: He will not return home till the day of the full moon.” It is true that the article stands in האישׁ, Arab.