ESV Reformation Study Bible – Pr 7:22
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Pr 7:22

7:22 as an ox goes to the slaughter. The dumb animal is unaware of its fate and allows itself to be led.

as a stag is caught fast. See text note. The uncertainty of this line does not obscure the overall sense of the verse: the young man has walked into a trap.