Text -- Proverbs 6:32 (NET)

6:32 A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, whoever does it destroys his own life.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 6:32

¹ tn Heb “heart.” The term “heart” is used as a metonymy of association for discernment, wisdom, good sense. Cf. NAB “is a fool”; NIV “lacks judgment”; NCV, NRSV “has no sense.”

² tn Heb “soul.” The noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “soul”) functions as a metonymy of association for “life” (BDB 659 s.v. 3.c).