Proverbs 2:17

Proverbs 2:17

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

a. NLT: She has abandoned her husband and ignores the covenant she made before God.

b. NIV: Who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.

c. YLT: Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

d. Amplified Bible Classic: Who forsakes the husband and guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

e. Septuagint: [of her] who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of God.

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: Who forsakes the husband of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

1.  “Which forsaketh the guide of her youth…”

a. Which forsaketh [Strong: 5800 `azab aw-zab' a primitive root; to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.:--commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.]

b. the guide [Strong: 441 'alluwph al-loof' or (shortened) talluph {al-loof'}; from 502; familiar; a friend, also gentle; hence, a bullock (as being tame; applied, although masculine, to a cow); and so, a chieftain (as notable, like neat cattle):--captain, duke, (chief) friend, governor, guide, ox.]

c. of her youth [Strong: 5271 na`uwr naw-oor' or naur {naw-oor'}; and (feminine) nturah {neh- oo-raw'}; properly, passive participle from 5288 as denominative; (only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people):--childhood, youth.]

2. “…and forgetteth the covenant of her God.”

a. and forgetteth [Strong: 7911 shakach shaw-kakh' or shakeach {shaw-kay'-akh}; a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention:--X at all, (cause to) forget.]

b. the covenant [Strong: 1285 briyth ber-eeth' from 1262 (in the sense of cutting (like 1254)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh):--confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.]

c. [of her] God [Strong: 430 'elohiym el-o-heem' plural of 433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:--angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.]

1). This woman was once a believer, but she forsook the covenant of God.

a). Proverbs 2:16-19  To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

2:17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

2:18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

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