People spread out nets to catch birds. But it is useless to set the trap while the birds are watching.
Proverbs 7:23 - Easy To Read Version with a hunter ready to put an arrow through its heart. The boy was like a bird flying into a net. He didn’t know the danger he was in. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
People spread out nets to catch birds. But it is useless to set the trap while the birds are watching.
A prostitute {\cf2\super [6]} might cost a loaf of bread. But the wife of another man can cost you your life!
But a man who does the sin of adultery is foolish. He is destroying himself—he himself causes his own destruction!
And the young man followed her to the trap. He was like a bull being led to the slaughter. He was like a deer walking into a trap,
And those poor foolish people didn’t know that her house was filled only with ghosts. She (Foolishness) had invited them into the deepest parts of the place of death!
I also found that \{some women are dangerous like traps\}. Their hearts are like nets, and their arms are like chains. It is worse than death to be caught by those women. A person that follows God will run away from those women. But a sinner will be caught by them.
A person never knows what will happen to him next. He is like a fish caught in a net—the fish does not know what will happen. He is like a bird caught in a trap—the bird does not know what will happen. In the same way, a person is trapped by the bad things that suddenly happen to him.