Proverbs 1:17 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁷ 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

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.

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 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