Proverbs 1:18–19
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18yet they lie in wait—to kill themselves!
and set an ambush—for their own lives!
19Such is the enda of all who are greedy for gain;
it takes away the life of its possessors.*
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- aGk: Heb are the ways
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
but these men lie in wait for their own blood;
they set an ambush for their own lives.
Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain;
it takes away the life of its possessors.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
These men lie in wait for their own blood;
they ambush only themselves!
Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
it takes away the life of those who get it.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
but they set an ambush to kill themselves;
they attack their own lives.
Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly;
it takes the lives of those who receive it.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
But these people set an ambush for themselves;
they are trying to get themselves killed.
Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money;
it robs them of life.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
They lie in wait for their own blood.
They ambush their own lives.
Thus are the ways of all who are greedy for gain—
it will take the life of its possessors.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
And they lay wait for their own blood;
They lurk privily for their own lives.
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;
Which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
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