Proverbs 7:23
What does Proverbs 7:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 7:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it <FI>is<Fi> for its life.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if a bird should make haste to the snare, and knoweth not that his life is in danger.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 1:17
For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:
- Numbers 25:8
and he went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12
For 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, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
- Proverbs 9:18
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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