Ecclesiastes 7:26 meaning and explanation
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
Ecclesiastes 7:26, Berean Standard Bible
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The Teacher, reflecting on his search for wisdom, describes a woman as more bitter than death, a snare with a net for a heart and chains for hands. In the context of verses 23 to 29, he is reporting what his investigation turned up, not giving a general law about women; the Hebrew word for "snare" carries the image of a trap that catches game.
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