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


In Context

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.

20 Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.