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Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Proverbs 6:26

The supplied words give a better sense than the old version: "The price of a whore is a piece of bread."

adulteress--(Compare Margin), which the parallel and context (Proverbs 6:29-35) sustain. Of similar results of this sin, compare Proverbs 5:9-12.

will hunt--alluding to the snares spread by harlots (compare Proverbs 7:6-8).

precious life--more valuable than all else.

Other commentary entries containing this verse:

Proverbs 7:23
Ezekiel 13:18

 

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