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Proverbs 7:23

Temptation

21 With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.

22 He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.

24 Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

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BSB
until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
KJV
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
WEB
Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.
ASV
Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
DARBY
till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.
BLB
until an arrow splits his liver, like the hurrying of a bird to the snare, and he did not know that it [was] for his soul!
ÅB
inntil pilen kløver hans lever -- slik som fuglen haster til snaren og ikke vet at det gjelder dens liv.
OTB
til en pil gjennomborer hans lever;
som en fugl som haster inn i en snare,
uten å vite at det vil koste ham livet.
B1930
inntil pilen kløver hans lever - likesom fuglen haster til snaren og ikke vet at det gjelder dens liv.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 9:12

    For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.

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  • Proverbs 9:18

    But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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  • Proverbs 1:17

    How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!

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  • Numbers 25:8–9

    followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,

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