Proverbs 7:23
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Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
In other translations
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
Hebrew words
עַד'aduntilH5704יְפַלַּחyefalachit will pierceH6398חֵץchetzan arrowH2671כְּבֵדוֹkevedoliver hisH3516כְּמַהֵרkemaheras hurriesH4116צִפּוֹרtzipora birdH6833אֶל־'el-intoH413פָּחpacha trapH6341וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808יָדַעyada'he knowsH3045כִּי־ki-thatH3588בְנַפְשׁוֹvenafsho[is] for life hisH5315הוּא׃ פhu'itH1931
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Ecclesiastes 9:12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
- Proverbs 9:18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
- Numbers 25:8-98 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. 9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.8 followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted, 9 but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.
- Proverbs 1:17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
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