“And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.”
The observation that woman is more bitter than death, with her heart a net and her hands bonds, that whoever pleases God escapes her but the sinner is caught by her, introduces misogynistic language into Ecclesiastes. The bitter woman and her entrapment represent a specific form of vanity or folly. While the verse reflects ancient patriarchal perspectives, it also suggests that certain forms of entanglement (whether with specific persons or with destructive attachments) represent particular dangers to wisdom.
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