Proverbs 1:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.”
Proverbs 1:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 1:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Proverbs 1:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;”
Proverbs 1:17 — World English Bible
Proverbs 1:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:”
Proverbs 1:17 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 1:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.”
Proverbs 1:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 1:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.”
Proverbs 1:17 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 1:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Certainely as without cause the net is spred before the eyes of all that hath wing:”
Proverbs 1:17 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 1:17 in Context — Proverbs 1
15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
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What Does Proverbs 1:17 Mean?
Proverbs 1:17 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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