Text -- Proverbs 5:14 (NET)

5:14 I almost came to complete ruin in the midst of the whole congregation!”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 5:14

¹ tn The expression כִּמְעַט (kim’at) is “like a little.” It means “almost,” and is used of unrealized action (BDB 590 s.v. 2). Cf. NCV “I came close to”; NLT “I have come to the brink of.”

² tn Heb “I was in all evil” (cf. KJV, ASV).

³ tn The text uses the two words “congregation and assembly” to form a hendiadys, meaning the entire assembly.