Proverbs 7:20 (BSB)
He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
From Proverbs 7. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Proverbs 7:20
- 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 7:20: With her much fair speech she caused him to yield,.... Or, "to decline" from the right way: or, "inclined him" (d); his ear to listen to her, and his heart to go after her and along with her. This she did, by using a great many words, by her prolixity, and by some taking and striking expressions; lewd women are generally very talkative (e).
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 7:20: the day appointed--perhaps, literally, "a full moon," that is, a fortnight's time (compare Pro 7:19).
- 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.