Proverbs 7:20
New International Version
He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon.”

New Living Translation
He has taken a wallet full of money with him and won’t return until later this month.”

English Standard Version
he took a bag of money with him; at full moon he will come home.”

Berean Standard Bible
He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”

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

New King James Version
He has taken a bag of money with him, And will come home on the appointed day.”

New American Standard Bible
“He has taken a bag of money with him. At the full moon he will come home.”

NASB 1995
He has taken a bag of money with him, At the full moon he will come home.”

NASB 1977
He has taken a bag of money with him, At full moon he will come home.”

Legacy Standard Bible
He took a bag of silver in his hand, On the day of the full moon he will come home.”

Amplified Bible
He has taken a bag of money with him, And he will come home on the appointed day.”

Christian Standard Bible
He took a bag of silver with him and will come home at the time of the full moon.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He took a bag of money with him and will come home at the time of the full moon.”

American Standard Version
He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon.

Contemporary English Version
He took a lot of money along, and he won't be back home before the middle of the month."

English Revised Version
He hath taken a bag of money with him; he will come home at the full moon.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He took lots of money with him. He won't be home for a couple of weeks."

Good News Translation
He took plenty of money with him and won't be back for two weeks."

International Standard Version
He took a fist full of cash and he'll return home in a month."

Majority Standard Bible
He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”

NET Bible
He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month."

New Heart English Bible
He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon."

Webster's Bible Translation
He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

World English Bible
He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
He has taken a bag of money in his hand, "" At the day of the new moon he comes to his house.”

Young's Literal Translation
A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.'

Smith's Literal Translation
He took a bundle of silver in his hand; he will come to his house the day of the full moon.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
He took with him a bag of money: he mill return home the day of the full moon.

Catholic Public Domain Version
He took with him a bag of money. He will return to his house on the day of the full moon.”

New American Bible
A bag of money he took with him, he will not return home till the full moon.”

New Revised Standard Version
He took a bag of money with him; he will not come home until full moon.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
He has taken a bag of money with him, and it will be a long time before he comes home.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
He has taken the money bag of money in his hand and it will be for many days before he comes to his house.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
He hath taken the bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
having taken in his hand a bundle of money: after many days he will return to his house.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Warnings about the Adulteress
19For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey. 20He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.” 21With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.…

Cross References
Proverbs 6:34-35
For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance. / He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.

Proverbs 5:15-20
Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well. / Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? / Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers. ...

Proverbs 2:16-19
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words / who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. / For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits. ...

Proverbs 9:13-18
The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing. / She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city, / calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight. ...

Proverbs 23:27-28
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. / Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.

Matthew 24:48-51
But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’ / And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. / The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. ...

Luke 12:45-46
But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk. / The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

1 Thessalonians 5:2-3
For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. / While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

1 Corinthians 7:5
Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

James 4:4
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

Hosea 3:1
Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”

Jeremiah 3:20
But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 16:32
You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband!

Malachi 2:14-16
Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. / Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. / “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.

Isaiah 57:3-5
“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! / Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit, / who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?


Treasury of Scripture

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

with him or in his hand.

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1. Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom
6. In an example of his own experience he shows
10. the cunning of a harlot
22. and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton
24. He detests such wickedness














He took with him a bag of money
This phrase suggests premeditation and planning. The "bag of money" indicates that the husband in the narrative has prepared for a long journey, ensuring he has the necessary resources. In the Hebrew context, money was often carried in bags or pouches, a common practice in ancient times. This detail underscores the husband's absence and the opportunity it provides for the adulterous affair. Theologically, it serves as a reminder of the dangers of neglect and the importance of vigilance in relationships.

and will not return till the moon is full
The phrase "till the moon is full" indicates a specific time frame, suggesting a period of approximately a month. In ancient Israel, the lunar calendar was used, and the full moon marked the middle of the month. This detail emphasizes the length of the husband's absence, providing ample time for the seduction to occur. Spiritually, it highlights the concept of temptation exploiting moments of vulnerability and absence, urging believers to remain steadfast and alert even when accountability seems distant.

Verse 20. - He hath taken a bag of money with him; not only to defray the expenses of the journey (a fact which need not be dwelt upon), but because he has some pecuniary business to transact which will occupy his time, and prevent his return before the appointed hour. And will come home at the day appointed; better, as the Revised Version, he will come home at the full moor, (in die pleura lunae, Vulgate). כֶּסֶא here, and כֶּסֶה Psalm 81:4, are rightly translated "the full moon," this rendering being supported by the Syriac keso, though the etymology is doubtful. As it has before been mentioned that the night was dark (ver. 9), it is plain that there were still many days to run before the moon was full, and the husband returned.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He took
לָקַ֣ח (lā·qaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

with him
בְּיָד֑וֹ (bə·yā·ḏōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

a bag
צְֽרוֹר־ (ṣə·rō·wr-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6872: A parcel, a kernel, particle

of money
הַ֭כֶּסֶף (hak·ke·sep̄)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

and will not be returning
יָבֹ֥א (yā·ḇō)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

until
לְי֥וֹם (lə·yō·wm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3117: A day

the moon [is] full.”
הַ֝כֵּ֗סֶא (hak·kê·se)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3677: Fulness, the full moon, its festival


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