18but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.


In Context

15 My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

16 for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

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

18 but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:18These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!

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 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.