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Proverbs 1:17–18

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

18And they clay wait for their own blood;

They clurk privily for their own lives.

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Footnotes

  1. zSee Ps. 9:15.
  2. †Heb a in the eyes of every thing b that hath a wing
  3. cSee ver. 11.
  4. cSee ver. 11.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For in vain is a net spread

in the sight of any bird,

but these men lie in wait for their own blood;

they set an ambush for their own lives.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

How useless to spread a net

where every bird can see it!

These men lie in wait for their own blood;

they ambush only themselves!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

It is useless to spread a net

where any bird can see it,

but they set an ambush to kill themselves;

they attack their own lives.

NLTNew Living Translation

If a bird sees a trap being set,

it knows to stay away.

But these people set an ambush for themselves;

they are trying to get themselves killed.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

for “in vain is the net scattered,

in the sight of any winged bird.”

They lie in wait for their own blood.

They ambush their own lives.