Proverbs 1:10-19 Parallel Bible Translations

Proverbs 1:10-19 ▼
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10 My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them. My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them.
11 If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause: If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason; If they say, “Come along with us; let’s lie in wait for innocent blood, let’s ambush some harmless soul;
12 Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit. like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; let’s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils. we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder; we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;
14 Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse. throw in your lot among us; we will all have one purse”— cast lots with us; we will all share the loot|—
15 My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths. my son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths, my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. for their feet rush into evil, they are swift to shed blood.
17 But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings. For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird, How useless to spread a net where every bird can see it!
18 And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls. but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives. These men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush only themselves!
19 So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors. Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors. Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it.
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