Proverbs 1:17 - Easy To Read Version

People spread out nets to catch birds. But it is useless to set the trap while the birds are watching.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Proverbs 1:17 Tagairtí Cros

Job 35:11

God makes us wiser\par than the birds and animals.\par \{So where is he?\}’\par

Proverbs 1:16

Those bad people race to do bad things. They are in a hurry to kill someone!

Proverbs 1:18

So those bad people hide themselves and wait to kill someone. But really, they will be destroyed by their own trap!

Proverbs 7:23

with a hunter ready to put an arrow through its heart. The boy was like a bird flying into a net. He didn’t know the danger he was in.

Isaiah 1:3

A cow knows its master.\par And a donkey knows the place where its owner feeds it.\par But the people of Israel don’t know me.\par My people don’t understand.”\par

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the birds in the sky\par know the right time to do things.\par The storks, doves, swifts, and thrushes\par know when it is time to fly to a new home.\par But my people don’t know what the Lord wants them to do.\par