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


In Context

14 Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse.

15 My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.

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

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

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

19 So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.

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.