Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version These men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush only themselves! New Living Translation But these people set an ambush for themselves; they are trying to get themselves killed. English Standard Version but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives. Berean Standard Bible But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives. King James Bible And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. New King James Version But they lie in wait for their own blood, They lurk secretly for their own lives. New American Standard Bible But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives. NASB 1995 But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives. NASB 1977 But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives. Legacy Standard Bible But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives. Amplified Bible But [when these people set a trap for others] they lie in wait for their own blood; They set an ambush for their own lives [and rush to their destruction]. Christian Standard Bible but they set an ambush to kill themselves; they attack their own lives. Holman Christian Standard Bible but they set an ambush to kill themselves; they attack their own lives. American Standard Version And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives. Contemporary English Version They gang up to murder someone, but they are the victims. English Revised Version And these lay wait for their own blood, they lurk privily for their own lives. GOD'S WORD® Translation But these people set an ambush for their own murder. They go into hiding only to lose their lives. Good News Translation but people like that are setting a trap for themselves, a trap in which they will die. International Standard Version but these people lie in wait for their own blood. They ambush only themselves. Majority Standard Bible But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives. NET Bible but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives! New Heart English Bible but these lie in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives. Webster's Bible Translation And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. World English Bible but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd they lay wait for their own blood, "" They watch secretly for their own lives. Young's Literal Translation And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives. Smith's Literal Translation And they will lie in wait for their blood; they will hide for their souls. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls. Catholic Public Domain Version Likewise, they lie in ambush against their own blood, and they undertake deceits against their own souls. New American Bible They lie in wait for their own blood, they set a trap for their own lives. New Revised Standard Version yet they lie in wait—to kill themselves! and set an ambush—for their own lives! Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd they lie in wait, they hide themselves to shed blood. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they lay wait for blood and hide themselves. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And these lie in wait for their own blood, They lurk for their own lives. Brenton Septuagint Translation For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Enticement of Sin…17How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it! 18But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives. 19Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.… Cross References Psalm 10:9 He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net. Psalm 7:15-16 He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making. / His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head. Psalm 37:14-15 The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright. / But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken. Psalm 9:15 The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. Psalm 35:8 May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created. Ecclesiastes 10:8 He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake. Jeremiah 5:26 For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men. Micah 7:2 The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net. Habakkuk 1:15-17 The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly. / Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich. / Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy? Isaiah 59:7 Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. Romans 3:15-16 “Their feet are swift to shed blood; / ruin and misery lie in their wake, James 1:14-15 But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. / Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. Matthew 26:4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him. Luke 11:54 waiting to catch Him in something He might say. Acts 23:12-15 When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. / More than forty of them were involved in this plot. / They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul. ... Treasury of Scripture And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privately for their own lives. Proverbs 5:22,23 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins… Proverbs 9:17,18 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant… Proverbs 28:17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. Jump to Previous Ambush Blood Destruction Lay Making Privily Ready Secretly Themselves Wait Waiting Watch WaylayJump to Next Ambush Blood Destruction Lay Making Privily Ready Secretly Themselves Wait Waiting Watch WaylayProverbs 1 1. The use of the proverbs7. An exhortation to fear God, and believe his word 10. to avoid the enticing of sinners 20. Wisdom complains of her contempt 24. She threatens her contemners But they lie in wait This phrase suggests a deliberate and premeditated action. The Hebrew root word here is "אָרַב" (arab), which means to ambush or lurk. In the context of ancient Israel, ambushing was a common tactic in warfare and robbery, indicating a calculated and malicious intent. Spiritually, this phrase warns against the dangers of plotting evil, as it ultimately leads to self-destruction. The imagery of lying in wait conveys a sense of stealth and deceit, highlighting the moral corruption of those who choose this path. for their own blood they ambush their own lives Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But theyוְ֭הֵם (wə·hêm) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They lie in wait יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּ (ye·’ĕ·rō·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 693: To lie in wait for their [own] blood; לְדָמָ֣ם (lə·ḏā·mām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed they ambush יִ֝צְפְּנ֗וּ (yiṣ·pə·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6845: To hide, to hoard, reserve, to deny, to protect, to lurk their [own] lives. לְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם׃ (lə·nap̄·šō·ṯām) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion Links Proverbs 1:18 NIVProverbs 1:18 NLT Proverbs 1:18 ESV Proverbs 1:18 NASB Proverbs 1:18 KJV Proverbs 1:18 BibleApps.com Proverbs 1:18 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 1:18 Chinese Bible Proverbs 1:18 French Bible Proverbs 1:18 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 1:18 But these lay wait for their own (Prov. 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