Proverbs 7:23 “until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— no…”

Proverbs 7:23

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Till a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, not knowing that he is in danger.

Darby Translation

till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.

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.

Bible in Basic English

Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.

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Cross references

“a dart”

Numbers 25:8 Numbers 25:9

Numbers 25:8 · BSB

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,

Numbers 25:9 · BSB

but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.

“as a bird”

Ecclesiastes 9:12 Proverbs 1:17

Ecclesiastes 9:12 · BSB

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.

Proverbs 1:17 · BSB

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

“knoweth”

Proverbs 9:18

Proverbs 9:18 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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