Charles Ellicott Commentary Ecclesiastes 7:26

"And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her." — Ecclesiastes 7:26 (ASV)

Sirach 9:3; Sirach 26:23.

Snares. — See Ecclesiastes 9:12; used for siege works, Ecclesiastes 9:14.

Nets. —Habakkuk 1:15; Ezekiel 26:5.

Bands. —Judges 15:14.