Pro 2:16, 5:3-4 | JFB | STEP | 16-19. Deliverance from another danger. the strange woman —This term is often used for harlot, or loose woman ( ), married ( ) or not ( ), so called, because such were, perhaps at first, foreigners, though "strange" may also denote whatever is opposed to right or proper, as "strange fire" ( ); "strange incense" ( ). flattereth —literally, "smooths." her words

Proverbs 2:16

16-19. Deliverance from another danger.

the strange woman—This term is often used for harlot, or loose woman (Jud 11:1, 2), married (Pr 7:5, 19) or not (1Ki 11:1), so called, because such were, perhaps at first, foreigners, though "strange" may also denote whatever is opposed to right or proper, as "strange fire" (Nu 3:4); "strange incense" (Ex 30:9).

flattereth—literally, "smooths."

her words— (Ps 5:9).

Proverbs 5:3-4

3. (Compare Pr 2:16). Her enticing promises are deceitful.

4. her end—literally, "her future," in sense of reward, what follows (compare Ps 37:37; 73:17). Its nature is evinced by the use of figures, opposite those of Pr 5:3. The physical and moral suffering of the deluded profligate are notoriously terrible.