KJV King James Version
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Proverbs 7:23
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.
WEB World English Bible
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 American Standard Version
Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it is for its life.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 7
20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come home at the day appointed.
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;
23 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.
26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
עַ֤דH5704 · adtillיְפַלַּ֪חH6398 · pa.lachto cleaveחֵ֡ץH2671 · chetsarrowכְּֽבֵד֗וֹH3516 · ka.vedliverכְּמַהֵ֣רH4116 · ma.harto hastenצִפּ֣וֹרH6833 · tsip.porbirdאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)פָּ֑חH6341 · pachsnareוְלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotיָ֝דַ֗עH3045 · ya.dato knowכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforבְנַפְשׁ֥וֹH5315 · ne.pheshsoulהֽוּא׃ פH1931 · huhe/she/it
Cross-references
Ecclesiastes 9:12For 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.Proverbs 9:18But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.Proverbs 1:17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.Numbers 25:8-9And 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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