Proverbs 7:23 {24}
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Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

a dart

Numbers 25:8,9 Went in after the Israelite into the brothel house, and thrust both of them through together, to wit, the man and the woman in the genital parts. And the scourge ceased from the children of Israel. . . .

as a bird

Proverbs 1:17 And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.

Ecclesiastes 9:12 Man knoweth not his own end: but as fishes are taken with the hook, and as birds are caught with the snare, so men are taken in the evil time, when it shall suddenly come upon them.

knoweth

Proverbs 9:18 A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.

Context
Warnings about the Adulteress
22Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if a bird should make haste to the snare, and knoweth not that his life is in danger. 23Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth.24Let not thy mind be drawn away in her ways: neither be thou deceived with her paths.…
Cross References
Proverbs 6:26
Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?

Proverbs 6:32
He gathereth to himself shame and dishonour, and his reproach shall not be blotted out:

Proverbs 7:22
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.

Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.

Ecclesiastes 9:12
Man knoweth not his own end: but as fishes are taken with the hook, and as birds are caught with the snare, so men are taken in the evil time, when it shall suddenly come upon them.

Lexicon
until
עַ֤ד (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

an arrow
חֵ֡ץ (ḥêṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear

pierces
יְפַלַּ֪ח (yə·p̄al·laḥ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6398: To slice, break open, pierce

his liver,
כְּֽבֵד֗וֹ (kə·ḇê·ḏōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3516: The liver

like a bird
צִפּ֣וֹר (ṣip·pō·wr)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6833: A little bird

darting
כְּמַהֵ֣ר (kə·ma·hêr)
Preposition-k | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 4116: To be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly

into
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

a snare—
פָּ֑ח (pāḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6341: A, sheet, a spring net

not
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

knowing
יָ֝דַ֗ע (yā·ḏa‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

it
הֽוּא׃ (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

will cost him his life.
בְנַפְשׁ֥וֹ (ḇə·nap̄·šōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion


Additional Translations
until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare, and knows not that it is for his life.

Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for his life.

till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.

Till an arrow strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

Till a dart striketh through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn't know that it will cost his life.

Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it is for its life.
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