Proverbs 7:12
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
So she caught him, and kissed him,.... The young man that went near her corner where she was plying, or in the way to her house, where she was sitting, or standing, waiting and watching for such an…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
without … streets Rather, in the streets, in the open spaces, or squares.
corner Where two or more ways meet, and there is therefore more likelihood of passers-by. Comp. Mat 6:5.
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