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Proverbs 2:17
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who abandons the companion of her youthand forgets the covenant of her God;
Who forsakes the friend of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God:
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
She leaves the husband she married when she was young. She ignores the promise she made before God.
who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God.
Who leaves the companion (husband) of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God.
Who leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;
Who forsakes the friend of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God:
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.
Who forsakes the close companion of her youthAnd forgets the covenant of her God;
who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
who abandons the ruler she had in her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;
She married when she was young, but then she left her husband. She forgot the marriage vows she made before God.
Who has forsaken the mother of her youth and forgotten the covenant of her God.
who is faithless to her own husband and forgets her sacred vows.
she who forsakes the partner of her youth and has forgotten the covenant of her God,
who forsakes the guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
forsaketh the hu?bande of hir youth, and forgetteth the couenaunt of hir God.
That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:
Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:
That forsaketh the lord of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.
Forsaketh the husbande of her youth, & forgetteth the couenaunt of her God.
of her who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of God.
Which forsaketh the friend of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God:
and forsakith the duyk of hir tyme of mariage,
That forsakes the friend of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God:
Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
Who forsakes the companion of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God.
She has abandoned her husband and ignores the covenant she made before God.
She leaves the husband she had when she was young, and forgets the agreement with her God.
who forsakes the partner of her youth and forgets her sacred covenant;
Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, and, the covenant of her God, hath forgotten;
And forsaketh the guide of her youth,
who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.
That leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the guide: Proverbs 5:18, Jeremiah 3:4
forgetteth: Ezekiel 16:8, Ezekiel 16:59, Ezekiel 16:60, Malachi 2:14-16
Reciprocal: Numbers 5:12 - General Judges 14:17 - and she told Joel 1:8 - the husband Matthew 19:6 - God
Cross-References
So the heavens and the earth and everything else were created.
That's how God created the heavens and the earth. When the Lord God made the heavens and the earth,
But streams came up from the ground and watered the earth.
The Lord God placed all kinds of beautiful trees and fruit trees in the garden. Two other trees were in the middle of the garden. One of the trees gave life—the other gave the power to know the difference between right and wrong.
From Eden a river flowed out to water the garden, then it divided into four rivers.
where pure gold, rare perfumes, and precious stones are found.
The second is the Gihon River that winds through Ethiopia.
The Lord God said, "It isn't good for the man to live alone. I need to make a suitable partner for him."
So the Lord God made him fall into a deep sleep, and he took out one of the man's ribs. Then after closing the man's side,
"How did you know you were naked?" God asked. "Did you eat any fruit from that tree in the middle of the garden?"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth,.... Not God, the God of her life, and who had provided for her from her youth up; nor her parent that had taken care of her in her infancy, and had been the guardian of her virgin state; but her husband, to whom she was married in her youth, and to whom she gave up herself to be guided and directed, ruled and governed, by: and as it is an aggravation of evil in a man to deal treacherously against the wife of his youth, and the wife of his covenant, Malachi 2:14; so it is in a woman to forsake "the friend" or "companion of her youth" w, as the phrase may be rendered; who loved her and espoused her in his youthful age, and with whom he had lived long in love and friendship, and in great happiness, but now forsakes him; her affections being alienated from him, leaves his company and bed, and associates with others. Gersom interprets this of the human understanding, appointed to govern the other powers and faculties of the soul;
and forgetteth the covenant of her God: not the covenant made with Noah, in which adultery, as well as other things, were forbidden; nor the law of Moses, or covenant at Sinai, in which it was condemned; but the marriage covenant, which she entered into with her husband when espoused to him, and when they mutually obliged themselves to be faithful to one another: and this is called "the covenant of God"; not only because God is the author and institutor of marriage, and has directed and enjoined persons to enter into such a contract with one another; but because he is present at it, and is a witness of such an engagement, mid is appealed unto in it; which, as it adds to the solemnity of it, makes the violation of it the more criminal. So the church of Rome has forsook Christ, who was her guide in her first settlement, and her husband she professed to be espoused to, as a chaste virgin; and has followed other lovers, and become the mother of harlots; so false teachers leave their guide, the Scriptures, and bring in damnable heresies, and deny the Lord that bought them, 2 Peter 2:1.
w אלוף נעוריה "amieum adolescentiae suae", De Dieu, Michaelis; "socium juventutis suae", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The guide of her youth - Better, the familiar friend (compare Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 17:9). The “friend” is, of course, the husband, or the man to whom the strange woman first belonged as a recognized concubine. Compare Jeremiah 3:4
The covenant of her God - The sin of the adulteress is not against man only but against the Law of God, against His covenant. The words point to some religious formula of espousals. Compare Malachi 2:14.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 2:17. Which forsaketh the guide of her youth — Leaves her father's house and instructions, and abandons herself to the public.
The covenant of her God. — Renounces the true religion, and mixes with idolaters; for among them prostitution was enormous. Or by the covenant may be meant the matrimonial contract, which is a covenant made in the presence of God between the contracting parties, in which they bind themselves to be faithful to each other.
