18And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.


In Context

15 My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,

16 For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.

17 Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.

18 And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.

19 So are the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.

20 Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice,

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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privately for their own lives.