Proverbs 7:19-23
the goodman Matt 20:11, Matt 24:43; Luke 12:39 he Matt 24:48; Mark 13:34-36; Luke 12:45-46 with him Heb. in his hand the day appointed or, the new moon, 2Chr 2:4 With her Prov 7:5, Prov 5:3; Judg 16:15-17; Ps 12:2 forced 1Sam 28:23; 2Kgs 4:8; Luke 14:23, Luke 24:29; Acts 16:15; 2Cor 5:14 straightway Heb. suddenly as an Acts 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; Acts 16:24 a dart Num 25:8-9 as a bird Prov 1:17; Eccl 9:12 knoweth Prov 9:18
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