6:15 Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly;
in an instant 1 he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.
7:22 Suddenly he went 2 after her
like an ox that goes to the slaughter,
like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare 3
1 tn This word is a substantive that is used here as an adverbial accusative – with suddenness, at an instant.
2 tn The participle with “suddenly” gives a more vivid picture, almost as if to say “there he goes.”
3 tn The present translation follows R. B. Y. Scott (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes [AB], 64). This third colon of the verse would usually be rendered, “fetters to the chastening of a fool” (KJV, ASV, and NASB are all similar). But there is no support that עֶכֶס (’ekhes) means “fetters.” It appears in Isaiah 3:16 as “anklets.” The parallelism here suggests that some animal imagery is required. Thus the ancient versions have “as a dog to the bonds.”