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Proverbs 7:23

Proverbs 7:23
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children,.... The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions, read, in the…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

The first clause does not connect itself very clearly with the foregoing, and is probably affected by the corrupt text…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Proverbs 7:6-23

Solomon here, to enforce the caution he had given against the sin of whoredom, tells a story of a young man that was…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

dart Rather, arrow, R.V.; sagitta, Vulg. The LXX. have ἢ ὡς ἔλαφος τοξεύματι πεπληγὼς εἰς τὸ ἧπαρ.

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