Adam Clarke Commentary - Proverbs 6:25 - 6:25

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Proverbs 6:25 - 6:25


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Neither let her take thee with her eye-lids - It is a very general custom in the East to paint the eye-lids. I have many Asiatic drawings in which this is expressed. They have a method of polishing the eyes with a preparation of antimony, so that they appear with an indescribable lustre; or, as one who mentions the fact from observation, “Their eyes appear to be swimming in bliss.”