Proverbs · מִשְׁלֵי

Proverbs 7:23

עַ֤ד יְפַלַּ֣ח חֵ֣ץ כְּבֵד֑וֹ כְּמַהֵ֥ר צִ֝פּ֗וֹר אֶל פָּ֗ח וְלֹ֥א יָדַ֗ע כִּֽי בְנַפְשׁ֥וֹ הֽוּא׃
ʿad ypalaḥ ḥeṣ kbedvo kmaher ṣipvor ʾel paḥ vloʾ yadaʿ kiy bnapshvo hvʾ
King James Version (KJV)

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

Modern English

till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.

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