Proverbs 1:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁷ It is useless to spread a net where any bird can see it,

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.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Proverbs 1:17 Cross References

Job 35:11

who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky? ’

Proverbs 1:16

because their feet run towards evil and they hurry to shed blood.

Proverbs 1:18

but they set an ambush to kill themselves; they attack their own lives.

Proverbs 7:23

until an arrow pierces its   liver, like a bird darting into a snare   – he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s feeding trough, but Israel does not know; my people do not understand.’

Jeremiah 8:7

Even storks in the sky know their seasons. Turtledoves, swallows, and cranes are aware of their migration, but my people do not know the requirements of the  Lord.