Proverbs 7:22
straightway: Heb. suddenly as an: Act 14:13 as a: Dr. Grey, making a slight alteration in the text, renders, "as a dog to the chain, and as a deer, till a dart strike through his liver;" and Dr. Hunt, "Or as a hart boundeth into the toils, till a dart strike through his liver." The LXX, Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, concur in this interpretation. The circumstance of the dart, as applied to the deer, is beautiful and proper, which otherwise we are at a loss to dispose of; and this creature, of all others, was the most proper to be noticed on this occasion; for the usual representation which the Egyptians made of a man overthrown by flattery and fair speeches was the picture of a heart captivated and ensnared by the sound of music. the correction: Job 13:27, Jer 20:2, Act 16:24 Reciprocal: Est 5:12 - to morrow Psa 107:17 - Fools Pro 2:18 - General Pro 5:4 - her Pro 6:32 - destroyeth Pro 10:13 - a rod Pro 11:19 - he Pro 13:20 - but Pro 14:16 - the fool Pro 19:29 - and Pro 22:3 - the simple Pro 23:28 - as for a prey Ecc 9:12 - as the fishes Jer 11:19 - I was