Proverbs 7:23
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Untilעַ֤ד
(ad)
5704: as far as, even to, up to, until, whilefrom adah
an arrowחֵ֡ץ
(chetz)
2671: arrowfrom chatsats
pierces throughיְפַלַּ֪ח
(ye·fal·lach)
6398: to cleavea prim. root
his liver;כְּֽבֵדֹ֗ו
(ke·ve·dov)
3516: liverfrom kabad
As a birdצִפֹּ֣ור
(tzip·po·vr)
6833: a birdfrom an unused word
hastensכְּמַהֵ֣ר
(ke·ma·her)
4116: to hastena prim. root
to the snare,פָּ֑ח
(pach;)
6341a: a bird trapfrom an unused word
So he does not knowיָ֝דַ֗ע
(ya·da)
3045: to knowa prim. root
that it [will cost him] his life.בְנַפְשֹׁ֥ו
(ve·naf·shov)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
Till a dart
chets  (khayts)
a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear
strike
palach  (paw-lakh')
to slice, i.e. break open or pierce -- bring forth, cleave, cut, shred, strike through.
through his liver
kabed  (kaw-bade')
the liver (as the heaviest of the viscera) -- liver.
as a bird
tsippowr  (tsip-pore')
a little bird (as hopping) -- bird, fowl, sparrow.
hasteth
mahar  (maw-har')
to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly
to the snare
pach  (pakh)
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina) -- gin, (thin) plate, snare.
and knoweth
yada`  (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
not that it is for his life
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hastens to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
until an arrow pierces its liver, like a bird darting into a snare-- he doesn't know it will cost him his life.

International Standard Version
until an arrow pierces his liver. As a bird darts into a snare, he doesn't realize his fatal decision.

NET Bible
till an arrow pierces his liver--like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And like a stag when an arrow flies into its liver, he hastens like a living bird to a snare, and does not know that it is to the death of his soul that he goes.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
until an arrow pierces his heart, like a bird darting into a trap. He does not realize that it will cost him his life.

King James 2000 Bible
Till an arrow strikes through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare, and knows not that it is for his life.
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