Proverbs 7:23
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
KJV
donec transfigat sagitta jecur ejus, velut si avis festinet ad laqueum, et nescit quod de periculo animæ illius agitur.
Vulgate
ἢ ὡς ἔλαφος τοξεύματι πεπληγὼς εἰς τὸ ἧπαρ· σπεύδει δὲ ὥσπερ ὄρνεον εἰς παγίδα, οὐκ εἰδὼς ὅτι περὶ ψυχῆς τρέχει.
LXX
Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
ASV
עַ֤ד יְפַלַּ֪ח חֵ֡ץ כְּֽבֵד֗/וֹ כְּ/מַהֵ֣ר צִפּ֣וֹר אֶל פָּ֑ח וְ/לֹֽא יָ֝דַ֗ע כִּֽי בְ/נַפְשׁ֥/וֹ הֽוּא
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
ו
v
noun · 45×
י
y
noun · 752×
יְמַהֵ֣ר
ymhr
verb · 64×
יְפַלַּ֛ח
yplch
verb · 5×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּבֵ֔ד
kbd
noun · 14×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
פָּ֑ח
pch
noun · 27×
צִּפֹּ֣ר
tspr
noun · 39×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 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; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly u
- Prov 1:17 — Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
- Prov 9:18 — But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
- Ps 91:3 — Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.