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20 He took a lot of money with him.
    And he won’t be home for weeks.”
21 By her clever words she made him give in.
    By her pleasing words she led him into doing wrong.
22 All at once he followed her.
    He was like an ox being led to the butcher.
He was like a deer caught in a trap.

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20 He took his purse filled with money
    and will not be home till full moon.”

21 With persuasive words she led him astray;
    she seduced him with her smooth talk.(A)
22 All at once he followed her
    like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer[a] stepping into a noose[b](B)

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Footnotes

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