Translations:Does the proverb about the jealous husband show that prostitution is legal? (Prov. 6:32-35)/18/en

However, this proverb could be understood as giving an accurate prediction about what judges who have ignored God's law might demand. In fact, this failure to accurately follow Biblical law was probably the case, descriptively, during much of Israel's history. There were only (relatively) short periods in which Israel conformed to Biblical law. We should understand this proverb as being descriptive, not normative.