Translations:Does the proverb about the jealous husband show that prostitution is legal? (Prov. 6:32-35)/23/en

Strokes (nega‛) refers to a violent assault that inflicts pain on the recipient; it may be inflicted by other humans (Deut. 17:8; 21:5; 2 Sam. 7:14), by God (cf. Exod. 11:2), or by disease (many times in Leviticus 13-14). In the latter two cases, it is sometimes glossed by “plague.” Shame (or opprobrium, qālôn; see 3:35) rules out any possibility of a martyr’s honor. The “strokes” and “shame” are felt as a hendiadys (i.e., “strokes that bring shame”).