What Does Proverbs 7:23 Mean?

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“strike”

to slice, i.e., break open or pierce

“Till a dart”

properly, a piercer, i.e., an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of god) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear

“through his liver”

the liver (as the heaviest of the viscera)

“hasteth”

properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e., (by implication)

“as a bird”

a little bird (as hopping)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“to the snare”

a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and knoweth”

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“not that it is for his life”

properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo