18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.


In Context

15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

16 For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

17 For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

18 And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

20 Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;

Proverbs 1:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:18These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And these lay wait for their own blood, they lurk privily for their own lives.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privately for their own lives.