till an arrow pierces his liver ¹  – like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life. ² 

biblegateway Pro 7:23

Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hastens to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life.

until an arrow pierces its liver, like a bird darting into a snare--he doesn't know it will cost him his life.

until an arrow pierces his heart, like a bird darting into a trap. He does not realize that it will cost him his life.

biblegateway Pro 7:23

till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.

till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.

bibleoremus Pro 7:23

until an arrow pierces its entrails. He is like a bird rushing into a snare, not knowing that it will cost him his life.

like a bird hurrying into the trap; he did not know he was risking his life until the arrow pierced his vitals.

biblegateway Pro 7:23

Till an arrow struck his liver. As a bird hastens to the snare, He did not know it would cost his life.

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.

biblegateway Pro 7:23

till an arrow pierces his liver ¹  – like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life. ² 

¹ sn The figure of an arrow piercing the liver (an implied comparison) may refer to the pangs of a guilty conscience that the guilty must reap along with the spiritual and physical ruin that follows (see on these expressions H. W. Wolff, Anthropology of the Old Testament).

² tn The expression that it is “for/about/over his life” means that it could cost him his life (e.g., Num 16:38). Alternatively, the line could refer to moral corruption and social disgrace rather than physical death – but this would not rule out physical death too.