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Proverbs 1:17

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

KJV

Frustra autem jacitur rete ante oculos pennatorum.

Vulgate

οὐ γὰρ ἀδίκως ἐκτείνεται δίκτυα πτερωτοῖς.

LXX

For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

ASV

כִּֽי חִ֭נָּם מְזֹרָ֣ה הָ/רָ֑שֶׁת בְּ֝/עֵינֵ֗י כָל בַּ֥עַל כָּנָֽף

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ו
v
noun · 83×
ו
v
noun · 110×
חִנָּ֑ם
chnm
adverb · 32×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 39×
רֶ֣שֶׁת
rsht
noun · 22×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 6:9 — But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
  • 2Pet 3:17 — Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
  • Jer 8:7 — Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
  • Job 35:11 — Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
  • Prov 6:6 — Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
  • Prov 7:23 — Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
  • Prov 12:12 — The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
  • Prov 29:5 — A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.