Posted on 09/20/2014 6:20:35 AM PDT by EscondidoSurfer
Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. (Proverbs 5:15)
At first reading, the meaning of this verse seems clear enough. Using images of a cistern and a well to describe your wife, the point is that you are to draw pleasure (water) only from her.
Frankly, this interpretation is flawed. It does not sound like something a wise man would say: 1.Only a fool would compare his wife to a cistern. 2.Your wife is not merely there to give you what you want....
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My interpretation of a cistern back then was a hole dug in rock to collect life sustaining rainwater from rains for drinking water or to merely store more water. That was a valuable thing to have then especially during dry spells.
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