Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G Messageuntil an arrow rips through his liver. Like a bird flying into a trap, he has no idea it will cost him his very life.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.Gtill an arrow pierces his liver — like a bird darting into a snare, not knowing it costs him his nephesh.
KJV
King James VersionTill a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
BSB
Berean Standard Bibleuntil an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.
Footnotes
*כְּבֵדוֹ* (*kevedo*) means 'his liver.' In ancient Near Eastern thought — Mesopotamian, Ugaritic, and Hebrew — the liver, alongside the heart, was considered a primary seat of vitality and emotion; to be shot through the liver is to be mortally undone from within. *בְּנַפְשׁוֹ* (*benaphsho*) means 'at the cost of his *nephesh*' — his throat, life-breath, and whole animated being. FOG preserves '*nephesh*' untranslated to signal the full semantic weight of the term; FOG Message renders 'his very life' to make the ultimate stakes immediately clear to a contemporary reader.