Proverbs 1:17 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁷ 4 Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.

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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

Eliu also proceeded, and said :

Proverbs 1:16

3 Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.

Proverbs 1:18

5 You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.

Proverbs 7:23

Beside the gates of the city, in the very doors she speaketh, saying:

Isaiah 1:3

1 To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats.

Jeremiah 8:7

5 We looked for peace and no good came: for a time of healing, and behold fear.