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Proverbs 7:23

NETBible	till an arrow pierces his liver¹ – like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.²
NIV © biblegateway Pro 7:23	till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 7:23	Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hastens to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 7:23	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.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 7:23	and then shot with an arrow, Like a bird flying into a net not knowing that its flying life is over.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 7:23	Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 7:23	until an arrow pierces its entrails. He is like a bird rushing into a snare, not knowing that it will cost him his life.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 7:23	Till an arrow struck his liver. As a bird hastens to the snare, He did not know it would cost his life.
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KJV	Till a dart <02671> strike <06398> (8762) through his liver <03516>_; as a bird <06833> hasteth <04116> (8763) to the snare <06341>_, and knoweth <03045> (8804) not that it [is] for his life <05315>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 7:23	Until <05704> an arrow <02671> pierces <06398> through <06398> his liver <03516> ; As a bird <06833> hastens <04116> to the snare <06341> , So he does not know <03045> that it will cost him his life <05315> .
LXXM	h <2228> CONJ wv <3739> ADV elafov {N-NSM} toxeumati {N-DSM} peplhgwv <4141> V-RAPNS eiv <1519> PREP to <3588> T-ASN hpar {N-ASN} speudei <4692> V-PAI-3S de <1161> PRT wsper <3746> ADV orneon <3732> N-NSN eiv <1519> PREP pagida <3803> N-ASF ouk <3364> ADV eidwv {V-RAPNS} oti <3754> CONJ peri <4012> PREP quchv <5590> N-GSF trecei <5143> V-PAI-3S
NET [draft] ITL	till <05704> an arrow <02671> pierces <06398> his liver <03516> – like a bird <06833> hurrying <04116> into <0413> a trap <06341> , and he does not <03808> know <03045> that <03588> it <01931> will cost him his life <05315> .
HEBREW	P awh <01931> wspnb <05315> yk <03588> edy <03045> alw <03808> xp <06341> la <0413> rwpu <06833> rhmk <04116> wdbk <03516> Ux <02671> xlpy <06398> de (7:23) <05704>

NETBible

till an arrow pierces his liver¹ – like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.²

NET Notes

¹sn 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).

²tn 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.