For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
For she hath cast down many wounded; yea, many strong (men) have been slain by her - as Solomon himself subsequently was (Nehemiah 13:26). So Samson and David previously. It is better to learn by the awful example of others than by our own suffering. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. "Many strong men," etc.-literally, 'all;' i:e., 'strong men of all kinds;' or 'all' means very many. Gejer, Piscator, Maurer, etc., take it, 'all slain by her are numerous' [as `aatsam (H6105) often means].