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Proverbs 7:23
23Then an arrow will go straight into its body and kill it! The young man was like a bird that is flying into a trap. He did not know that his life was in danger.
Proverbs 7:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
- New International Version (NIV)till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.
- English Standard Version (ESV)till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Till an arrow struck his liver. As a bird hastens to the snare, He did not know it would cost his life.
Context of Proverbs 7:23
21With those sweet words she deceived the young man. She made him want to be with her. 22Suddenly he hurried to follow her! He went like an ox that men are leading to its death. He went like a deer that is running towards a trap. Then an arrow will go straight into its body and kill it! The young man was like a bird that is flying into a trap. He did not know that his life was in danger. 24So listen to me, my sons. Listen carefully to what I am saying. 25Do not let that kind of woman spoil your mind. Do not let her lead you away from what is right.
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:23 word by word
עַ֤ד יְפַלַּ֪ח חֵ֡ץ כְּֽבֵד֗וֹ כְּמַהֵ֣ר צִפּ֣וֹר אֶל־פָּ֑ח וְלֹֽא־יָ֝דַ֗ע כִּֽי־בְנַפְשׁ֥וֹ הֽוּא׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:23
- Numbers 25:8He went into the man's tent. He pushed the spear through the body of the man and the Midianite woman. When he did that, the bad disease that was killing the Israelites stopped.
- Proverbs 1:17Think about it! If you put a trap where the birds can see it, you will never catch anything.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12Nobody knows the time when trouble may come to them. A fish does not know when somebody will catch it in a net. A bird does not know when somebody will catch it in a trap. In the same way, terrible trouble suddenly happens to people when they do not expect it.
- Proverbs 9:18But those foolish people do not realize that her home is a place for dead people. Her visitors are already in their graves.
Commentaries on Proverbs 7:23
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23The first clause does not connect itself very clearly with the foregoing, and is probably affected by the corrupt text which makes it perplexing.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-27Verses 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 place. The misery of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-23The young man's unwise actions could endanger his life (see Proverbs 5:11; 6:32–35).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. Till--He is now caught (Pr 6:26).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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