Proverbs 7:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

So she caught him, and kissed him - instead of waiting for him to make the first advance, as is the course of natural propriety. The Hebrew adage quaintly says, 'The man seeks what he has lost'-namely, the rib taken from his side for the formation of woman.

(And) with an impudent face said unto him - literally, 'she strengthened her face, and said.' She now outdid even herself in impudence and immodesty.

Proverbs 7:13

13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,