Proverbs 1:18
16 For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
17 How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
19 Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
20 Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
- KJV
- And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
- WEB
- but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
- ASV
- And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
- DARBY
- And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
- BLB
- and they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk for their own souls.
- ÅB
- de lurer etter sitt eget blod, de setter feller for seg selv.
- OTB
- Men disse mennene setter en felle for seg selv; de overfaller sine egne liv.
- B1930
- de lurer efter sitt eget blod, de setter feller for sig selv.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 9:16
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
Read in contextEsther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
Read in contextProverbs 28:17
A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
Read in contextProverbs 5:22–23
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
Read in contextPsalms 7:14–16
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
Read in contextPsalms 55:23
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
Read in contextMatthew 27:4–5
“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
Read in contextProverbs 9:17–18
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
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