None who go to her return, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
Parallel translations
- WEB None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:
- KJV None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
- BSB None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
- NKJV None who go to her return, Nor do they regain the paths of life—
- NLT The man who visits her is doomed. He will never reach the paths of life.
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Quick answer
None who go to her return or regain the paths of life. It matters because it warns of the gripping, life-stealing power of this sin.
Overview
The path to the adulteress is portrayed as a near point of no return, robbing one of the way of life. The warning is sobering though not denying repentance; it stresses sin's enslaving power. True restoration to the path of life is found only through Christ, who alone conquers death.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Eccl 7:26I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
- Ps 81:12So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.
- Hos 4:14I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.
- Matt 19:24–26Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”
- Jer 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
- Heb 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
- Prov 4:18But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
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