Proverbs 7:27
The ways to the nether world is her house leading down to the chambers of death.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
In Context
26For many deadly wounded hath she caused to fall: yea, very numerous are all those slain by her.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death, her steps take firm hold on the nether world:
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find as more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bonds: he that is deemed good before God will escape from her; but the sinner will be caught by her.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:25-27
The Seduction of a Youth. 24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. We have here the application of the foregoing story: " Hearken to me therefore, and not to such seducers ( v. 24 ); give ear to a father, and not to an enemy." 1. "Take good… Read the whole commentary →