Proverbs 7:20-22
1599 Geneva Bible
20 He hath taken [a]with him a bag of silver, and will come home at the day appointed.
21 Thus with her great craft she caused him to yield, and with her flattering lips she enticed him.
22 And he followed her straightway, as an [b]ox that goeth to the slaughter, and [c]as a fool to the stocks for correction,
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- Proverbs 7:20 Hebrew, in his hand.
- Proverbs 7:22 Which thinking he goeth to the pasture, goeth willingly to his own destruction.
- Proverbs 7:22 Which goeth cheerfully, not knowing that he shall be chastised.
Proverbs 7:20-22
New International Version
20 He took his purse filled with money
and will not be home till full moon.”
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:22 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew fool
- Proverbs 7:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
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