Proverbs 1:17
17 tFor in vain is a net spread
in the sight of any bird,
Proverbs 1:17 — The New International Version (NIV)
17 How useless to spread a net
where every bird can see it!
Proverbs 1:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Proverbs 1:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)
17 If a bird sees a trap being set,
it knows to stay away.
Proverbs 1:17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
17 Surely, in vain the net is spread
In the sight of any bird;
Proverbs 1:17 — New Century Version (NCV)
17 It is useless to spread out a net
right where the birds can see it.
Proverbs 1:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)
17 For in vain is the net spread
In the sight of any bird:
Proverbs 1:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
17 For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.
Proverbs 1:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
17 It does no good to spread a net
within the sight of any bird.
Proverbs 1:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
17 It is foolish to spread a net
where any bird can see it,
Proverbs 1:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
17 For in vain is the net baited
while the bird is looking on;
Proverbs 1:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
17 for “in vain is the net scattered,
in the sight of any winged bird.”
Proverbs 1:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
17 How useless it is to spread a net
while all the birds are watching!
Proverbs 1:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
17 Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any bird;