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.
Proverbs 7:23 in other translations
| BSB | until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | 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. |
| DARBY | till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life. |
| BBE | Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side. |
| Webster | Till a dart striketh through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. |
What does Proverbs 7:23 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 7:6-27
Here is an affecting example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will any one dare to venture on temptations that lead to impurity, after Solomon has set before his eyes in so lively and plain a manner, the danger of even going near them? Then is he as the man who would dance on the edge of a lofty rock, when he has just seen another fall headlong from the same…
Proverbs 7:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 7:23
- 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.
- Proverbs 9:18
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
- Proverbs 1:17
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
- 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. And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
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Context
- Proverbs 7:22
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
- 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.
- Proverbs 7:24
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 7:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Como el ave que se apresura al lazo, y no sabe que es contra su vida, hasta que la saeta traspasó su hígado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | jusqu’à ce que la flèche lui transperce le foie; comme l’oiseau se hâte vers le piège et ne sait pas qu’il y va de sa vie. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | bis ein Pfeil seine Leber zerspaltet; wie ein Vogel zur Schlinge eilt und nicht weiß, daß es sein Leben gilt. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | donec transfigat sagitta jecur ejus, velut si avis festinet ad laqueum, et nescit quod de periculo animæ illius agitur. |