Proverbs 1:17 “How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!”

Proverbs 1:17

How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

World English Bible

For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Certainely as without cause the net is spred before the eyes of all that hath wing:

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

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In context

16For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

18But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

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