Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for 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.
He knoweth not that his following her is at the cost of the present and eternal life. The "dart" of the husband, the magistrate, Satan, and, above all, God (Job 16:13), strikes the youth in body, in resources, in reputation, and, worst of all, in soul. The "liver" is mentioned as a vital part (Lamentations 2:11). 'It is the seat of love; where, therefore, the youth sinned by love, there he is transfixed with pain' (Gejer).