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Proverbs 7:23

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23until an arrow pierces its jliver, k

like a bird darting into a snare l—

he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.

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Footnotes

  1. j7:23 Or his

Cross references

  1. k7:21–23 Pr 2:16–19; 5:3–6; 23:27–28
  2. l7:23 Ec 9:12

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

till an arrow pierces its liver;

as a bird rushes into a snare;

he does not know that it will cost him his life.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

till an arrow pierces his liver,

like a bird darting into a snare,

little knowing it will cost him his life.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

until an arrow pierces its liver,

like a bird darting into a snare—

he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.

NLTNew Living Translation

awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart.

He was like a bird flying into a snare,

little knowing it would cost him his life.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

until an arrow pierces his entrails,

like a bird rushing into a snare,

but he does not know that it will cost him his life.

KJV 1900King 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.