Proverbs 7:22

New International Version

²²All at once he followed her
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer^[a] stepping into a noose^[b]^(A)

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Proverbs 7:22 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew fool
Proverbs 7:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

Proverbs 7:22

King James Version

²²He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

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Proverbs 7:22

New King James Version

²²Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or ^[a]as a fool to the correction of the ^[b]stocks,

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Proverbs 7:22 LXX, Syr., Tg. as a dog to bonds; Vg. as a lamb . . . to bonds
Proverbs 7:22 shackles

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