Proverbs 7:23 - Revised Standard Version till an arrow pierces its entrails; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Till a dart strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Till a dart [of passion] pierces and inflames his vitals; then like a bird fluttering straight into the net [he hastens], not knowing that it will cost him his life. American Standard Version (1901) Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life. Common English Bible until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird hurrying to the snare, not aware that it will cost him his life. Catholic Public Domain Version until the arrow pierces his liver. It is just as if a bird were to hurry into the snare. And he does not know that his actions endanger his own soul. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if a bird should make haste to the snare, and knoweth not that his life is in danger. |