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Proverbs 7:23

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23Till a dart strike through his liver;

hAs a bird hasteth to the snare,

And knoweth not that it is for his life.

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Cross references

  1. hEccles. 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.