Proverbs 7:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Right away he follows her and goes like an ox to the slaughter or bounds like a stag toward the trap

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Suddenly he [yields and] follows her reluctantly like an ox moving to the slaughter, like one in fetters going to the correction [to be given] to a fool or like a dog enticed by food to the muzzle

American Standard Version (1901)

He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;

Common English Bible

He goes headlong after her, like an ox to the slaughter, like a deer leaping into a trap,

Catholic Public Domain Version

Immediately, he follows her, like an ox being led to the sacrifice, and like a lamb acting lasciviously, and not knowing that he is being drawn foolishly into chains,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to bonds,

Proverbs 7:22 Cross References

Job 13:27

You put my feet in the stocks and watch all my paths; you set a bound to the soles of my feet.

Proverbs 6:32

But he who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.

Proverbs 7:21

With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.

Proverbs 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.

Jeremiah 20:2

Then Pashhur struck the prophet Jeremiah and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the Lord.

Acts 14:13

The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifice.

Acts 16:24

Following these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.