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


In Context

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.

20 Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily 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.