Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.
New American Standard Bible
They ambush their own lives.
King James Version
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
Holman Bible
they attack their own lives.
International Standard Version
but these people lie in wait for their own blood. They ambush only themselves.
A Conservative Version
and these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
American Standard Version
And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
Amplified
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].
Bible in Basic English
And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.
Darby Translation
And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will lie in wait for their blood; they will hide for their souls.
King James 2000
And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They lie in wait for their [own] blood. They ambush their [own] lives.
Modern King James verseion
And they lie in wait for their own blood; they watch secretly for their own lives.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, they themselves lay wait one for another's blood, and one of them would slay another.
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.
The Emphasized Bible
Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.
Webster
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
World English Bible
but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
Themes
The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Rejection by God
Covetousness » Leads to » Murder
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 1:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Advice To The Young
17 Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird. 18 And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives. 19 So are the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.
Cross References
Esther 7:10
And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.
Psalm 7:14-16
Lo, he travaileth with iniquity, And he hath conceived perverseness, And hath brought forth falsehood.
Psalm 9:16
Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.
Psalm 55:23
And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!
Proverbs 5:22-23
His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
Proverbs 9:17-18
'Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'
Proverbs 28:17
A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.
Matthew 27:4-5
I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, 'What -- to us? thou shalt see!'