Proverbs 7:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For she hath cast down— The LXX read, She hath cast dawn many whom she hath wounded; and they whom she hath slain are innumerable. There are those who read, She hath caused many soldiers to fall, and a great many brave, or strong men have been slain by her. The verse may be paraphrased thus: "The most valiant heroes, the most puissant soldiers, who have stood undaunted against all other assaults, have generally been vanquished and frequently destroyed by the allurements of women." See Kennicott's Dissert. vol. 2: Calmet observes, that Solomon had no need to go further than his own family for unhappy examples of the ill effects of lust. He was, indeed, himself afterwards a sad proof of what he here says. How many lions has the weakness of woman tamed, making a prey of the great ones of the earth! See 2 Samuel 11; 2 Samuel 12 Samuel 12.