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


In Context

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

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 eyes 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.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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.