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


In Context

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.

20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares;

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 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 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.