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Proverbs 7:23

Temptation

21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in 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)

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Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 9:12

    For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

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  • Proverbs 9:18

    But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

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  • Proverbs 1:17

    Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

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  • Numbers 25:8–9

    And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

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