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Proverbs 1:17

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17Surely in vain zthe net is spread †in the sight of any bird.

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Footnotes

  1. zSee Ps. 9:15.
  2. †Heb a in the eyes of every thing b that hath a wing

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For in vain is a net spread

in the sight of any bird,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

How useless to spread a net

where every bird can see it!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

It is useless to spread a net

where any bird can see it,

NLTNew Living Translation

If a bird sees a trap being set,

it knows to stay away.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

for “in vain is the net scattered,

in the sight of any winged bird.”