Verse List for PROV 7:22

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OET (OET-RV) He suddenly started following her, ⇔ like a cow going to be slaughtered— ⇔ like a fool with a noose around his neck,

OET-LV he_is_walking behind_her suddenly like_an _ox which_to the_slaughter[fn] it _goes and_like_an _anklet to the_chastening _of a _fool.

ULT Following after her suddenly, ⇔ like an ox to slaughter he goes, ⇔ and like an ankle chain to the correction of a fool,

UST He quickly followed her to her home. ⇔  He unknowingly went to die like an ox going to the place where its owner will kill it. ⇔  He unknowingly went to die like a foolish person who lets others lead him by a chain to where they will punish him

BSB & MSB He follows her on impulse, ⇔  like an ox going to the slaughter, ⇔  like a deer bounding into a trap,[fn]

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB He followed her immediately, ⇔  as an ox goes to the slaughter, ⇔  as a fool stepping into a noose.

NET Suddenly he went after her ⇔ like an ox that goes to the slaughter, ⇔ like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare

LSV He is going after her straight away, he comes as an ox to the slaughter,
And as a chain to the discipline of a fool,

FBV He followed her right away, like an ox to the slaughter. Like a stag that's caught in a snare

T4T And he went with her immediately, ⇔  like an ox that was going to where it would be slaughtered, ⇔  or like a deer (OR, a fool) that is stepping into a noose/trap,

LEB • He goes after her suddenly;
• like an ox to the slaughter he goes,
• and like a stag to the instruction of a fool,

BBE The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

Moff and he is enticed to follow her, ⇔  like an ox moving to the slaughter, ⇔  like a dog cajoled to the muzzle,

JPS He goeth after her straightway, as an ox that goeth to the slaughter, or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;

ASV He goeth after her straightway, ⇔ As an ox goeth to the slaughter, ⇔ Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;

DRA Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to bonds,

YLT He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,

Drby He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks [serve] for the correction of the fool;

RV He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as fetters to the correction of the fool;
(He goeth/goes after her straightway, as an ox goeth/goes to the slaughter, or as fetters to the correction of the fool;)

SLT He went after her suddenly as the ox will go to the slaughter, and as the fetter for the correction of the foolish.

Wbstr He goeth after her quickly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

KJB-1769 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;[fn]
(He goeth/goes after her straightway, as an ox goeth/goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;)

KJB-1611 [fn]He goeth after her straightway, as an oxe goeth to the slaughter, or as a foole to the correction of the stocks,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps Sodainly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, and lyke as it were a foole that laugheth when he goeth to the stockes to be punished,
(Sodainly he followed her, as it were an ox led to the slaughter, and like as it were a fool that laugheth when he goeth/goes to the stocks to be punished,)

Gnva And he followed her straight wayes, as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter, and as a foole to the stockes for correction,
(And he followed her straight ways, as an ox that goeth/goes to the slaughter, and as a fool to the stocks for correction,)

Cvdl Immediatly he foloweth her, as it were an oxeled to the slaughter (and like as it were to the stockes, where fooles are punyshed)
(Immediatly he followeth/follows her, as it were an oxeled to the slaughter (and like as it were to the stocks, where fools are punished))

Wycl Anoon he as an oxe led to slayn sacrifice sueth hir, and as a ioli lomb and vnkunnynge; and the fool woot not, that he is drawun to bondys,
(Anoon he as an ox led to slain/killed sacrifice sueth her, and as a ioli lamb and uncunning/uneducated; and the fool know not, that he is drawn to bonds,)

Luth Er folgte ihr bald nach; wie ein Ochs zur Fleischbank geführt wird, und wie zur Fessel, da man die Narren züchtiget,
(He followed you(pl)/their/her soon after; as/like a Ochs to/for fleshbank led becomes, and as/like to/for Fessel, there man the fool(n) chastises,)

ClVg Statim eam sequitur quasi bos ductus ad victimam, et quasi agnus lasciviens, et ignorans quod ad vincula stultus trahatur:
(Immediately her follows as_if cow/ox leadership to victim, and as_if lamb lasciviens, and unaware/ignorant that to chains stupid/foolish trahatur:)

UHB ה֤וֹלֵ֥ךְ אַחֲרֶ֗י⁠הָ פִּ֫תְאֹ֥ם כְּ֭⁠שׁוֹר אֶל־טָ֣בַח יָב֑וֹא וּ֝⁠כְ⁠עֶ֗כֶס אֶל־מוּסַ֥ר אֱוִֽיל׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὁ δὲ ἐπηκολούθησεν αὐτῇ κεπφωθείς· ὥσπερ δὲ βοῦς ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἄγεται, καὶ ὥσπερ κύων ἐπὶ δεσμοὺς,

BrTr And he followed her, being gently led on, and that as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow: