Proverbs 1:17 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ But a net is thrown in vain before the eyes of those who have wings.

Dugang nga mga bersyon

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Surely in vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁷ It’s useless to cast a net in the sight of a bird.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.

Proverbs 1:17 Cross References

Job 35:11

who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth, and who educates us along with the birds of the air?"

Proverbs 1:16

For their feet rush to evil, and they hurry to shed blood.

Proverbs 1:18

Likewise, they lie in ambush against their own blood, and they undertake deceits against their own souls.

Proverbs 7:23

until the arrow pierces his liver. It is just as if a bird were to hurry into the snare. And he does not know that his actions endanger his own soul.

Isaiah 1:3

An ox knows his owner, and a donkey knows the manger of his lord, but Israel has not known me, and my people have not understood.

Jeremiah 8:7

The hawk in the heavens has known her time. The turtledove, and the swallow, and the stork have kept the time of their arrival. But my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.