Proverbs 5:5 {6}
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They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable.

Proverbs 2:18,19 None that go in unto her, shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life. . . .

Proverbs 7:27 Doth not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put forth her voice?

Context
Avoiding Immorality
4Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell. 5They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable.6Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.…
Cross References
Revelation 6:8
And behold a pale horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was Death. And hell followed him. And power was given to him over the four parts of the earth, to kill with sword, with famine and with death and with the beasts of the earth.

Proverbs 7:27
Doth not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put forth her voice?

Lexicon
Her feet
רַ֭גְלֶיהָ (raḡ·le·hā)
Noun - fdc | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda

go down
יֹרְד֣וֹת (yō·rə·ḏō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend

to death;
מָ֑וֶת (mā·weṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

her steps
צְעָדֶ֥יהָ (ṣə·‘ā·ḏe·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6806: A pace, regular step

lead straight
יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃ (yiṯ·mō·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8551: To sustain, to obtain, keep fast, to help, follow close

to Sheol.
שְׁ֝א֗וֹל (’ō·wl)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death)


Additional Translations
Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;

For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established.

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol.

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol;

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.

Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of.
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