Proverbs 7 · Verse 20

Proverbs 7:20

He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
Proverbs 7:20, King James Version

Proverbs 7:20 in other translations

BSBHe took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
WEBHe has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”
ASVHe hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon.
YLTA bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.'
DARBYhe hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.
BBEHe has taken a bag of money with him; he is coming back at the full moon.
WebsterHe hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

What does Proverbs 7:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 7:18-20

18-20. There is no fear of discovery.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 He hath taken - Literally, "The money bag he hath taken in his hand." He is gone a journey of itinerant merchandising. This seems to be what is intended. And will come home at the day appointed - ליום הכסא leyom hakkase, the time fixed for a return from such a journey. The Vulgate says, "at the full moon." The Targum, "the day of the assembly." In other words, He will return by the approaching festival.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 7:6-27

Here is an affecting example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will any one dare to venture on temptations that lead to impurity, after Solomon has set before his eyes in so lively and plain a manner, the danger of even going near them? Then is he as the man who would dance on the edge of a lofty rock, when he has just seen another fall headlong from the same…

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Proverbs 7:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

צְֽרוֹר\־tze.ror-[the] bag ofH6872
הַ֭כֶּסֶףHa.ke.sef<the> moneyH3701
לָקַ֣חla.Kachhe has takenH3947
בְּיָד֑וֹbe.ya.Doin hand hisH3027
לְי֥וֹםle.Yomto [the] day ofH3117
הַ֝כֵּ֗סֶאha.Ke.se'the full moonH3677
יָבֹ֥אya.Vo'he will comeH935
בֵיתֽוֹ\׃vei.Tohouse hisH1004

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 7:20

  • 2 Chronicles 2:4

    Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
with him. Heb. in his hand. the day appointed. or, the newmoon.
2Ch 2:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 7:19

    For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

  • Proverbs 7:20

    He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

  • Proverbs 7:21

    With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

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Proverbs 7:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El saco de dinero llevó en su mano; el día señalado volverá á su casa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		il a pris un sac d’argent en sa main, il viendra à sa maison au jour de la pleine lune.
German
Elberfelder 1871		er hat den Geldbeutel in seine Hand genommen, am Tage des Vollmondes wird er heimkehren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		sacculum pecuniæ secum tulit; in die plenæ lunæ reversurus est in domum suam.