Proverbs 7:19
My husband is not at home; he has gone away on a long journey.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
In Context
18Come with me; let us enjoy having sex until tomorrow morning. Let’s enjoy making love.
20He is carrying a wallet filled with money, and he will not return until the middle of this month.”
Cross References
Matthew 20:11So they complained to the owner of the vineyard because they thought their payment was unfair.
Matthew 24:48But a wicked servant might say to himself, ‘The owner has been away for a long time, so he probably will not return soon and find out what I am doing.’
Luke 12:39But you must also remember this: If owners of a house knew what time a thief was coming, they would stay awake and would not allow their house to be broken into and their goods to be stolen { the thief to break into the house and steal their goods}.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:7-24
The Foolish Young Man; Enticements of the Adulteress. 6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now… Read the whole commentary →