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Proverbs 7:22

22 Suddenly he follows her

As an ox goes to the slaughter,

Or as 1one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,

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Proverbs 7:22 — The New International Version (NIV)

22 All at once he followed her

like an ox going to the slaughter,

like a deer stepping into a noose

Proverbs 7:22 — English Standard Version (ESV)

22 All at once he follows her,

as an ox goes to the slaughter,

or as a stag is caught fast

Proverbs 7:22 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

22 He goeth after her straightway,

As an ox goeth to the slaughter,

Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Proverbs 7:22 — New Living Translation (NLT)

22 He followed her at once,

like an ox going to the slaughter.

He was like a stag caught in a trap,

Proverbs 7:22 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

22 Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter,

Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,

Proverbs 7:22 — New Century Version (NCV)

22 All at once he followed her,

like an ox led to the butcher,

like a deer caught in a trap

Proverbs 7:22 — American Standard Version (ASV)

22 He goeth after her straightway,

As an ox goeth to the slaughter,

Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;

Proverbs 7:22 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

22 He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks serve for the correction of the fool;

Proverbs 7:22 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

22 He immediately follows her 

like a steer on its way to be slaughtered, 

like a ram hobbling into captivity 

Proverbs 7:22 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

22 He follows her impulsively

like an ox going to the slaughter,

like a deer bounding toward a trap

Proverbs 7:22 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

22 Right away he follows her,

and goes like an ox to the slaughter,

or bounds like a stag toward the trap

Proverbs 7:22 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

22 He goes after her suddenly;

like an ox to the slaughter he goes,

and like a stag to the instruction of a fool,

Proverbs 7:22 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

22 All at once he followed her.

He was like an ox going to be killed.

He was like a deer stepping into a trap


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