Proverbs 1:17
How useless to spread a net where every bird can see it!
In context
14 cast lots with us; we will all share the loot”— 15 my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths; 16 for their feet rush into evil, they are swift to shed blood.
17 How useless to spread a net where every bird can see it! 18 These men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush only themselves! 19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it.
20 Out in the open wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in the public square;
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 1:17 in the KJV
Surely in vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 1:17 in the ESV
For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird,