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He was like a stag caught in a trap,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Suddenly he follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as <i>one</i> walks in ankle bracelets to the discipline of a fool,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Suddenly he follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Suddenly he follows her, As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as <i>one in</i> fetters to the discipline of a fool,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He suddenly follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as <i>one in</i> fetters to the discipline of an ignorant fool,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Suddenly he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter [not knowing the outcome], Or as one in stocks going to the correction [to be given] to a fool,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He follows her impulsively like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding toward a trap<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He follows her impulsively like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding toward a trap <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />At once he followed her like an ox on the way to be slaughtered, or like a fool on the way to be punished <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as fetters to the correction of the fool;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He immediately follows her like a steer on its way to be slaughtered, like a ram hobbling into captivity <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Suddenly he was going with her like an ox on the way to be slaughtered, like a deer prancing into a trap <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />All of a sudden he follows her like an ox fit for slaughter or like a fool fit for a trap <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper's snare <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool to the correction of the stocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He goeth after her quickly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He is going after her straight away, he comes as an ox to the slaughter, "" And as a chain to the discipline of a fool,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He went after her suddenly as the ox will go to the slaughter, and as the fetter for the correction of the foolish.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to bonds, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Immediately, he follows her, like an ox being led to the sacrifice, and like a lamb acting lasciviously, and not knowing that he is being drawn foolishly into chains,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He follows her impulsively, like an ox that goes to slaughter; Like a stag that bounds toward the net, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Right away he follows her, and goes like an ox to the slaughter, or bounds like a stag toward the trap<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He went after her as a little child, as an ox that goes to the slaughter, and as a dog to be muzzled;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he went after her like a child, and like a bull that goes with a butcher, and like a dog to captivity.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He goeth after her straightway, As an ox that goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he followed her, being gently led on, and <i>that</i> as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/7-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=1255" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/7.htm">Warnings about the Adulteress</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hō·w·lêḵ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">He follows her</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·re·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6597.htm" title="6597: piṯ·’ōm (Adv) -- Suddenness, suddenly. Or pith.om; from petha'; instantly.">on impulse,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7794.htm" title="7794: kə·šō·wr (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etc.). From shuwr; a bullock.">like an ox</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yā·ḇō·w (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">going</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/2874.htm" title="2874: ṭå̄·ḇaḥ (N-ms) -- Slaughtering, slaughter. From tabach; properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast; abstr. Butchery.">the slaughter,</a> <a href="/hebrew/191.htm" title="191: ’ĕ·wîl (N-ms) -- Foolish. From an unused root; silly.">like a deer</a> <a href="/hebrew/5914.htm" title="5914: ū·ḵə·‘e·ḵes (Conj-w, Prep-k:: N-ms) -- An anklet, bangle. From akac; a fetter; hence, an anklet.">bounding</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/4148.htm" title="4148: mū·sar (N-msc) -- Discipline, chastening, correction. From yacar; properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint.">a trap,</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/5-4.htm">Proverbs 5:4-5</a></span><br />in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword. / Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/6-32.htm">Proverbs 6:32</a></span><br />He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/9-18.htm">Proverbs 9:18</a></span><br />But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/14-16.htm">Proverbs 14:16</a></span><br />A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/22-3.htm">Proverbs 22:3</a></span><br />The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-26.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:26</a></span><br />And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Jeremiah 5:8</a></span><br />They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-11.htm">Hosea 4:11</a></span><br />to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/7-11.htm">Hosea 7:11</a></span><br />So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Isaiah 53:6</a></span><br />We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-13.htm">Matthew 7:13-14</a></span><br />Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. / But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-14.htm">Matthew 15:14</a></span><br />Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/15-13.htm">Luke 15:13</a></span><br />After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-10.htm">John 10:10</a></span><br />The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-16.htm">Romans 6:16</a></span><br />Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He goes after her straightway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;</p><p class="hdg">straightway suddenly as an</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/14-13.htm">Acts 14:13</a></b></br> Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.</p><p class="hdg">as a: Dr.</p><p class="hdg">the correction</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/13-27.htm">Job 13:27</a></b></br> Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Jeremiah 20:2</a></b></br> Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that <i>were</i> in the high gate of Benjamin, which <i>was</i> by the house of the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/16-24.htm">Acts 16:24</a></b></br> Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/7-13.htm">Caught</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-11.htm">Chastisement</a> <a href="/psalms/93-1.htm">Cord</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-12.htm">Correction</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-5.htm">Death</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-19.htm">Deer</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-23.htm">Discipline</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-22.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/job/12-18.htm">Fetter</a> <a href="/psalms/149-8.htm">Fetters</a> <a href="/psalms/68-25.htm">Followed</a> <a href="/ezra/6-2.htm">Follows</a> <a href="/psalms/92-6.htm">Fool</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-29.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/job/5-3.htm">Immediately</a> <a href="/job/18-10.htm">Noose</a> <a href="/psalms/116-7.htm">Once</a> <a href="/psalms/106-20.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/psalms/58-6.htm">Pulled</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-15.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-5.htm">Roe</a> <a href="/psalms/134-1.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-7.htm">Simple</a> <a href="/psalms/44-22.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-5.htm">Stag</a> <a href="/psalms/68-7.htm">Stepping</a> <a href="/job/33-11.htm">Stocks</a> <a href="/psalms/48-5.htm">Straightway</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-15.htm">Suddenly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/11-6.htm">Caught</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-24.htm">Chastisement</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-8.htm">Cord</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-17.htm">Correction</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-27.htm">Death</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-6.htm">Deer</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-17.htm">Discipline</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-8.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-7.htm">Fetter</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-22.htm">Fetters</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-15.htm">Followed</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-11.htm">Follows</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-8.htm">Fool</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-3.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/daniel/3-6.htm">Immediately</a> <a href="/job/18-10.htm">Noose</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-16.htm">Once</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-4.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-7.htm">Pulled</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-11.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/songs/2-9.htm">Roe</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-29.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-5.htm">Simple</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-2.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/songs/2-9.htm">Stag</a> <a href="/songs/2-8.htm">Stepping</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-9.htm">Stocks</a> <a href="/daniel/10-17.htm">Straightway</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-5.htm">Suddenly</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-1.htm">Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-6.htm">In an example of his own experience he shows</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-10.htm">the cunning of a harlot</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-22.htm">and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-24.htm">He detests such wickedness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical context, impulsivity is often contrasted with the wisdom and discernment that Proverbs advocates. The Hebrew culture valued wisdom as a guiding principle for life, and impulsive actions were seen as foolish and dangerous. This impulsivity can be compared to Esau's decision to sell his birthright for a meal (<a href="/genesis/25-29.htm">Genesis 25:29-34</a>), demonstrating a lack of foresight and self-control.<p><b>like an ox going to the slaughter</b><br>The imagery of an ox going to the slaughter is vivid and conveys a sense of inevitable doom. In ancient Israel, oxen were valuable for their strength and utility in agriculture, yet they were also used in sacrifices. This duality underscores the tragic waste of potential when one follows a path of folly. The sacrificial system in the Old Testament, particularly in Leviticus, often involved the slaughter of oxen, making this imagery resonate with the audience's understanding of sacrifice and loss.<p><b>like a deer bounding into a trap</b><br>The comparison to a deer suggests a sudden and unexpected entrapment. In the ancient Near East, hunting was a common practice, and traps were used to catch animals unaware. This imagery emphasizes the deceptive nature of sin and temptation, which often appear harmless or enticing but lead to destruction. The deer, known for its swiftness and grace, is caught off guard, illustrating how even those who seem agile and alert can fall prey to temptation. This can be connected to the warning in <a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">1 Peter 5:8</a>, which advises believers to be sober-minded and watchful, as the devil prowls like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_young_man.htm">The Young Man</a></b><br>Represents a person lacking wisdom and discernment, easily led astray by temptation.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_seductress.htm">The Seductress</a></b><br>Symbolizes temptation and sin, often personified as a woman leading the young man away from righteousness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ox.htm">The Ox</a></b><br>An animal used metaphorically to describe the young man's lack of awareness and impending doom.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_deer.htm">The Deer</a></b><br>Another metaphorical animal, illustrating the suddenness and inevitability of the young man's entrapment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_trap.htm">The Trap</a></b><br>Represents the consequences of sin and the entanglement that follows yielding to temptation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_impulse.htm">The Danger of Impulse</a></b><br>Acting on impulse without seeking God's wisdom can lead to destructive consequences. Believers are encouraged to pause and seek divine guidance before making decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/recognizing_temptation.htm">Recognizing Temptation</a></b><br>Understanding the nature of temptation and its seductive power is crucial. Christians should be vigilant and discerning, recognizing the traps set by sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin often appears attractive but leads to spiritual death and separation from God. It's important to consider the long-term consequences of our actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_wisdom.htm">The Importance of Wisdom</a></b><br>Proverbs emphasizes the value of wisdom and understanding. Believers should seek wisdom through prayer, scripture, and godly counsel to avoid the pitfalls of sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_for_escape.htm">God's Provision for Escape</a></b><br>While temptation is inevitable, God provides a way out. Christians should rely on God's strength and promises to overcome temptation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_proverbs_7_22-27_unjust_or_unmerciful.htm">Does the depiction of sudden destruction for the tempted (Proverbs 7:22–27) contradict a just and merciful God? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_focus_on_her_guilt,_not_his_role.htm">Why does Proverbs 7 focus on the woman’s guilt while largely overlooking the man’s responsibility (vv. 7–9)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_proverbs_22_7_lack_solutions.htm">Proverbs 22:7: Why does the text point out the rule of the rich over the poor but offer no direct solution to systemic economic oppression?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_planetshakers.htm">What does Proverbs 11:22 symbolize about misplaced beauty?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks.</span>--This sense is only gained by a transposition of the original. It has been attempted to translate it literally "and as if in fetters to where one corrects fools," <span class= "ital">i.e., </span>to prison.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He teeth after her straightway;</span> <span class="accented">suddenly</span>, as though, casting aside all scruples, he gave himself up to the temptation, and with no further delay accompanied her to the house. Septuagint, "He followed, being cajoled (<span class="greek">κεπφωθείς</span>), ensnared like a silly bird" (see the article on <span class="accented">Cepphus Larus</span>, in Erasmus's 'Adag ,' <span class="accented">s.v.</span> "Garrulitas"). As an ox goeth to the slaughter. He no more realizes the serious issue of his action than an irrational beast which, without prevision of the future, walks contentedly to the slaughter house, and is stupidly placid in the face of death. Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks. There is some difficulty in the translation of this clause. The Authorized Version, with which Delitzsch virtually agrees, is obtained by transposition of the nouns, the natural rendering of the Hebrew being "as fetters to the correction of a fool." The sense thus obtained is obvious: the youth follows the woman, as a fool or a criminal is led unresisting to confinement and degradation. Doubtless there is some error in the text, as may be seen by comparison of the versions. Septuagint (with which the Syriac agrees), "As a dog to chains, or as a hart struck to the liver with an arrow;" Vulgate, "As a frisking lamb, and not knowing that as a fool he is being dragged to bondage." The commentators are much divided. Fleischer, "As if in fetters to the punishment of the fool," <span class="accented">i.e.</span> of himself; Ewald, "As when a steel trap (springs up) for the correction of a fool," <span class="accented">i.e.</span> when a hidden trap suddenly catches an incautious person wandering where he has no business. The direct interpretation, that the youth follows the harlot, as fetters the proper punishment of fools, is unsatisfactory, because the parallelism leads us to expect a living being instead of "fetters." We are constrained to fall back on the Authorized Version as exhibiting the best mode of reconstructing a corrupt text. The youth, with his insensate passion, is compared to the madman or idiot who is taken away, unconscious of his fate, to a shameful deprivation of liberty. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/7-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He follows her</span><br /><span class="heb">ה֤וֹלֵ֥ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(hō·w·lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on impulse,</span><br /><span class="heb">פִּ֫תְאֹ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(piṯ·’ōm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6597.htm">Strong's 6597: </a> </span><span class="str2">Suddenness, suddenly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like an ox</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּ֭שׁוֹר</span> <span class="translit">(kə·šō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7794.htm">Strong's 7794: </a> </span><span class="str2">A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etcetera)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">going</span><br /><span class="heb">יָב֑וֹא</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the slaughter,</span><br /><span class="heb">טָ֣בַח‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(ṭā·ḇaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2874.htm">Strong's 2874: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something slaughtered, a beast, butchery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a deer</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱוִֽיל׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·wîl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_191.htm">Strong's 191: </a> </span><span class="str2">Foolish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">bounding</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֝כְעֶ֗כֶס</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḵə·‘e·ḵes)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5914.htm">Strong's 5914: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fetter, an anklet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a trap,</span><br /><span class="heb">מוּסַ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(mū·sar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4148.htm">Strong's 4148: </a> </span><span class="str2">Chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/7-22.htm">Proverbs 7:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/7-22.htm">Proverbs 7:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/7-22.htm">Proverbs 7:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/7-22.htm">Proverbs 7:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/7-22.htm">Proverbs 7:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/7-22.htm">Proverbs 7:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/7-22.htm">Proverbs 7:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/7-22.htm">Proverbs 7:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/7-22.htm">Proverbs 7:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/7-22.htm">Proverbs 7:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/7-22.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 7:22 He followed her immediately as an ox (Prov. 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