Proverbs 7:7,22
Proverbs 7:6-12 The Message (MSG)
As I stood at the window of my house looking out through the shutters, Watching the mindless crowd stroll by, I spotted a young man without any sense Arriving at the corner of the street where she lived, then turning up the path to her house. It was dusk, the evening coming on, the darkness thickening into night. Just then, a woman met him— she’d been lying in wait for him, dressed to seduce him. Brazen and brash she was, restless and roaming, never at home, Walking the streets, loitering in the mall, hanging out at every corner in town.
Proverbs 7:21-23 The Message (MSG)
Soon she has him eating out of her hand, bewitched by her honeyed speech. Before you know it, he’s trotting behind her, like a calf led to the butcher shop, Like a stag lured into ambush and then shot with an arrow, Like a bird flying into a net not knowing that its flying life is over.
Proverbs 7:7 King James Version (KJV)
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding
Proverbs 7:22 King James Version (KJV)
He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks
Proverbs 7:7 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
And I saw among the naive, And discerned among the youths A young man lacking sense
Proverbs 7:22 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Suddenly he follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool
Proverbs 7:7 New Century Version (NCV)
and saw some foolish, young men. I noticed one of them had no wisdom.
Proverbs 7:22 New Century Version (NCV)
All at once he followed her, like an ox led to the butcher, like a deer caught in a trap
Proverbs 7:7 American Standard Version (ASV)
And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding
Proverbs 7:22 American Standard Version (ASV)
He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool
Proverbs 7:7 New International Version (NIV)
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who had no sense.
Proverbs 7:22 New International Version (NIV)
All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose
Proverbs 7:7 New King James Version (NKJV)
And saw among the simple, I perceived among the youths, A young man devoid of understanding
Proverbs 7:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks
Proverbs 7:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
And among the naive [the inexperienced and gullible], I saw among the youths A young man lacking [good] sense
Proverbs 7:22 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Suddenly he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter [not knowing the outcome], Or as one in stocks going to the correction [to be given] to a fool
Proverbs 7:7 New Living Translation (NLT)
I saw some naive young men, and one in particular who lacked common sense.
Proverbs 7:22 New Living Translation (NLT)
He followed her at once, like an ox going to the slaughter. He was like a stag caught in a trap
Proverbs 7:7 The Passion Translation (TPT)
I noticed among the mindless crowd a simple, naïve young man who was about to go astray.
Proverbs 7:21-22 The Passion Translation (TPT)
He was swayed by her sophistication, enticed by her longing embrace. She led him down the wayward path right into sin and disgrace. Quickly he went astray, with no clue where he was truly headed, taken like a dumb ox alongside the butcher. She was like a venomous snake coiled to strike, so she set her fangs into him!