Proverbs 1:17
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Parallel Verses
English Standard Version
For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird,

New American Standard Bible
Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net In the sight of any bird;

King James Bible
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It is foolish to spread a net where any bird can see it,

International Standard Version
Look, it is useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds,

NET Bible
Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
It is by deceit that nets are spread for a bird.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
It does no good to spread a net within the sight of any bird.

King James 2000 Bible
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

American King James Version
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

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

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

Darby Bible Translation
For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.

English Revised Version
For in vain is the net spread, in the eyes of any bird:

Webster's Bible Translation
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

World English Bible
For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:

Young's Literal Translation
Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.
Lexicon
Surely in vain
chinnam  (khin-nawm')
gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage -- without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain.
the net
resheth  (reh'-sheth)
a net (as catching animals) -- net(-work).
is spread
zarah  (zaw-raw')
to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow -- cast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.
in the sight
`ayin  (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
of any bird
ba`al  (bah'-al)
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense) + married, master, person, + sworn, they of.
kanaph  (kaw-nawf')
an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bed-clothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle
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