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I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
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A Specific Danger, Not All Women
Commentators are clear that Solomon is not condemning women in general. Rather, he is describing a specific type of person: the adulterous or predatory woman whose influence is 'more bitter than death.' John Gill notes this could also be interpreted allegorically as a warning against destructive forces like heresy or idolatry, which spiritually seduce and entrap people.
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Ecclesiastes
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare the account of Solomon’s wives (1 Kings 11:1–8): see also (Proverbs 2:16–19); (Proverbs 5:3)...
19th Century
Anglican
Sirach 9:3; Sirach 26:23.
Snares. — See Ecclesiastes 9:12; used for siege works, Ecclesiastes 9:14.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I find more bitter than death the woman This was the issue of his diligent studies and researches, and the obser…
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Solomon, in his search into the nature and reason of things, had been miserably deluded. But he here speaks with godly sorrow. He alone who constan…
