7:22 Suddenly he went 1 after her
like an ox that goes to the slaughter,
like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare 2
1 tn The participle with “suddenly” gives a more vivid picture, almost as if to say “there he goes.”
2 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.”