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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night. Which is the usual time adulterers take to commit their works of darkness in, by which they think to conceal them; they being such as they…
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
black and dark night Lit. in the pupil (of the eye) of the night, and the darkness. The Heb. word for pupilis the same as that rendered apple(of thine eye), Pro 7:7. It is used again poetically, as…
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