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Proverbs 7:22

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22All at once he follows her,

as an ox goes to the slaughter,

or as a stag is caught fast5

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  1. 5Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew as a chain to discipline a fool

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

All at once he followed her

like an ox going to the slaughter,

like a deer stepping into a noose

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He follows her impulsively

like an ox going to the slaughter,

like a deer bounding toward a trap

NLTNew Living Translation

He followed her at once,

like an ox going to the slaughter.

He was like a stag caught in a trap,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He goes after her suddenly;

like an ox to the slaughter he goes,

and like a stag to the instruction of a fool,

KJV 1900King James Version

He goeth after her straightway,

As an ox goeth to the slaughter,

Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;