Proverbs 7:23
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7:23till an arrow pierces his liver49—
like a bird hurrying into a trap,
and he does not know that it will cost him his life.50
Footnotes
- 49 The figure of an arrow piercing the liver (an implied comparison) may refer to the pangs of a guilty conscience that the guilty must reap along with the spiritual and physical ruin that follows (see on these expressions H. W. Wolff, Anthropology of the Old Testament).
- 50 The expression that it is “for/about/over his life” means that it could cost him his life (e.g., Num 16:38). Alternatively, the line could refer to moral corruption and social disgrace rather than physical death—but this would not rule out physical death too.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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