Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsTill an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him 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.
till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.