17For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.


In Context

14 cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:

15 my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;

16 for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

17 For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.

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

19 So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.

Proverbs 1:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:17How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds!

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:17But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:17For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:17For in vain is the net spread, in the eyes of any bird:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.