Proverbs 9:18

18. He The “simple” of the preceding verse.

The dead רפאים , rephaim, the ghosts, spectres, shades.

Her guests Her invited ones. The sentiment may be: He who accepts her invitation may be considered as already among the ghosts of the infernal world “as good as dead.” She invites him, though he knows it not, to his utter ruin.

In the depths of hell בעמקי שׁאול , ( be’himke sheol,) the depths of the under world the infernal regions. This is a striking picture: a dark den of impurity, haunted by horrible spectres, the shades of the guests invited by the congenial pollutions of the place from the infernal pit. Into such horrors art thou plunging, O young man, whosoever thou art, that givest the rein to thy appetites and passions! Comp. Proverbs 7:27; Proverbs 2:18.