Proverbs 1:18
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
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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 judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Read in contextEsther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
Read in contextProverbs 28:17
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
Read in contextProverbs 5:22–23
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Read in contextPsalms 7:14–16
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Read in contextPsalms 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Read in contextMatthew 27:4–5
Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
Read in contextProverbs 9:17–18
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
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