Her house is the road to the grave. Her bedroom is the den of death.
Parallel translations
- WEB Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the rooms of death.
- KJV Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
- BSB Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
- NKJV Her house is the way to hell, Descending to the chambers of death.
- NASB Her house is the way to Sheol, Descending to the chambers of death.
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Quick answer
Her house is a road to death and the grave. The path of sexual sin leads to destruction.
Overview
The chapter closes by declaring her house the very way to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death. The warning frames adultery as a fatal path, not a private indulgence. It calls the reader to flee such sin and choose the way of life found in wisdom and, ultimately, in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Prov 9:18But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
- Prov 5:5Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.
- Rev 22:15Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- Prov 2:18–19for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.
- 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.
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