The Meaning of Proverbs 5:5 Explained

Proverbs 5:5

KJV: Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

YLT: Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of.

Darby: Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol.

ASV: Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 5:5?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 5:5 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 5:5 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 5:5?

What is the context of Proverbs 5:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

What does Proverbs 5:5 Mean?

Study Notes

hell
Heb. "Sheol,"

Sheol is, in the O.T., the place to which the dead go.

(1) Often, therefore, it is spoken of as the equivalent of the grave, merely, where all human activities cease; the terminus toward which all human life moves (e.g. Genesis 42:38 grave Job 14:13 grave Psalms 88:3 grave

(2) To the man "under the sun," the natural man, who of necessity judges from appearances, sheol seems no more than the grave-- the end and total cessation, not only of the activities of life, but of life itself. Ecclesiastes 9:5 ; Ecclesiastes 9:10

(3) But Scripture reveals sheol as a place of sorrow 2 Samuel 22:6 ; Psalms 18:5 ; Psalms 116:3 ; in which the wicked are turned Psalms 9:17 and where they are fully conscious; Isaiah 14:9-17 ; Ezekiel 32:21 see, especially, Jonah 2:2 what the belly of the great fish was to Jonah that sheol is to those who are therein). The sheol of the O.T. and hades of the N.T. (See Scofield " Luke 16:23 ") are identical.

Context Summary

Proverbs 5:1-14 - Quicksands! Keep Off!

It is a matter for great thankfulness that the Bible, which is God's book rather than man's, deals so strongly and wisely with one great evil, which has manifested itself in every age and in every state of society. It speaks boldly and plainly; and all who will meditate on its teaching with a prayerful heart, will be saved from many a painful snare. If we fall it will only be due to our having refused to heed the voice that speaks to us from paragraphs like these.

The one great caution that we must all observe is in the control of our thoughts. The soul must never lie open to the tide of suggestive thoughts that break along its beach. As of old the watchman kept the gate of the medieval city so soon as darkness fell, so must the purity of God keep watch and ward at eye-gate, ear-gate, and touch-gate, lest some emissary of evil gain entrance and betray the citadel. Let Christ be the custodian of thy soul, whether thou be man or woman, old or young, and let Him impart to thee His own divine and human purity. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 5

¹ Solomon exhorts to wisdom
³ He shows the mischief of unfaithfulness and riot
¹⁵ He exhorts to contentedness, generosity, and chastity
²² The wicked are overtaken with their own sins

What do the individual words in Proverbs 5:5 mean?

Her feet go down to death of hell Her steps lay hold

רַ֭גְלֶיהָ יֹרְד֣וֹת מָ֑וֶת שְׁ֝א֗וֹל צְעָדֶ֥יהָ יִתְמֹֽכוּ

רַ֭גְלֶיהָ	Her feet
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person feminine singular Root: רֶגֶל Sense: foot.
יֹרְד֣וֹת	go down
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine plural Root: יָרַד Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
מָ֑וֶת	to death
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מָוֶת Sense: death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead.
שְׁ֝א֗וֹל	of hell
Parse: Noun, common singular Root: שְׁאֹול Sense: sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit.
צְעָדֶ֥יהָ	Her steps
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular Root: צַעַד Sense: step, pace, stride.
יִתְמֹֽכוּ	lay hold
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: תָּמַךְ Sense: to grasp, hold, support, attain, lay hold of, hold fast.

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