Proverbs 5:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Or (with the Septuagint and Vulgate), Lest she should ponder (or “She ponders not”) the way of life, her paths move to and fro (unsteady as an earthquake); she knows not. The words describe with a terrible vividness the state of heart and soul which prostitution brings upon its victims; the reckless blindness that will not think, tottering on the abyss, yet loud in its defiant mirth, ignoring the dreadful future.

Proverbs 5:6

6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.