Proverbs 1:17
What does Proverbs 1:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 1:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:
KJV
King James Version · 1611Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 1:3
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
- Job 35:11
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
- Jeremiah 8:7
Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.
- Proverbs 7:23
Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
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