Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her. I find Judges 16:18-21 Then seeing that he had discovered to her all his mind, she sent to the princes of the Philistines, saying: Come up this once more, for now he hath opened his heart to me. And they went up, taking with them the money which they had promised. . . . Proverbs 2:18,19 None that go in unto her, shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life. . . . Proverbs 5:3-5 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword. . . . Proverbs 7:21-27 Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to bonds, . . . Proverbs 9:18 A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother. Proverbs 22:14 The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it. Proverbs 23:27,28 For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow pit. . . . whoso pleaseth God Ecclesiastes 2:26 God hath given to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he hath given vexation, and superfluous care, to heap up and to gather together, and to give it to him that hath pleased God: but this also is vanity, and a fruitless solicitude of the mind. Context The Limits of Human Wisdom…25I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent: 26And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.27Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,… Cross References Exodus 10:7 And Pharao's servants said to him: How long shall we endure this scandal? Iet the men go to sacrifice to the Lord their God. Dost thou not see that Egypt is undone? Proverbs 2:19 That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just. Proverbs 5:4 Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell. Proverbs 6:23 That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger. Proverbs 6:24 Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks: Proverbs 7:23 Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth. Proverbs 22:14 The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it. Proverbs 23:28 She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill. Ecclesiastes 7:27 Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account, Lexicon And Iאֲנִ֜י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 589: I find וּמוֹצֶ֨א (ū·mō·w·ṣe) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present more bitter מַ֣ר (mar) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly than מִמֶּ֔נָּה (mim·men·nāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of death מִמָּ֗וֶת (mim·mā·weṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin the woman הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ (hā·’iš·šāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female who אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that [is] a snare, מְצוֹדִ֧ים (mə·ṣō·w·ḏîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4685: A net, a, fastness, tower whose heart לִבָּ֖הּ (lib·bāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre [is] a net, וַחֲרָמִ֛ים (wa·ḥă·rā·mîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2764: A net, a doomed object, extermination and whose hands יָדֶ֑יהָ (yā·ḏe·hā) Noun - fdc | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand [are] chains. אֲסוּרִ֣ים (’ă·sū·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 612: A band, bond The man who pleases ט֞וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good God הָאֱלֹהִים֙ (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative will escape her, יִמָּלֵ֣ט (yim·mā·lêṭ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks but the sinner וְחוֹטֵ֖א (wə·ḥō·w·ṭê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn will be ensnared. יִלָּ֥כֶד (yil·lā·ḵeḏ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3920: To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere Additional Translations And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be ensnared.And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. 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. And I find her to be, and I will pronounce to be more bitter than death the woman which is a snare, and her heart nets, who has a band in her hands: he that is good in the sight of God shall be delivered from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her. and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is nets and snares, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her. And I find a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoever pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. 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. And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart is nets and snares, her hands are bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her. Jump to Previous Bands Bitter Captured Caught Chains Death Discovered Ensnare Ensnared Escape Escapeth Find Finding Free Full Good Hands Heart Nets Pleased Pleases Pleaseth Pleasing Sinner Snare Snares TrapsJump to Next Bands Bitter Captured Caught Chains Death Discovered Ensnare Ensnared Escape Escapeth Find Finding Free Full Good Hands Heart Nets Pleased Pleases Pleaseth Pleasing Sinner Snare Snares TrapsLinks Ecclesiastes 7:26 NIVEcclesiastes 7:26 NLT Ecclesiastes 7:26 ESV Ecclesiastes 7:26 NASB Ecclesiastes 7:26 KJV Ecclesiastes 7:26 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 7:26 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 7:26 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 7:26 French Bible Ecclesiastes 7:26 German Bible Alphabetical: a and are be bitter but by captured chains death discovered ensnare escape find from God hands heart her I is man more nets One pleases pleasing she sinner snare snares than the to trap who whose will woman OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 7:26 I find more bitter than death (Ecclesiast. Ec Ecc Eccles.) 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