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


In Context

14 throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"-

15 my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;

16 for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood.

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

18 These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!

19 Such is the end of all who go after ill- gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.

Proverbs 1:17 in Other Translations

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 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.