Proverbs 1:17
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Surely in vaine the net is spread †in the sight of any bird.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. in the eyes of euery thing that hath a wing.
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- Jeremiah 8:7Rank 1 from verse 17
7Yea, 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.
7*Yea the Storke in the heauen knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow obserue the time of their coming; but my people know not the iudgement of the LORD.
- Proverbs 7:23Rank 3 from verse 17
- Isaiah 1:3Rank 4 from verse 17
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Proverbs 1:17
Certainly, truly, firmly, or without doubt.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Empty, fruitless, ineffective, unprofitable, worthless, false, unsubstantial, or conceited.
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Sense 1: An interlaced meshwork used as a grate or for catching. Sense 2: A device or snare by which one is caught or restrained.
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To extend, unfold, scatter, disperse, or cover a wider area.
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1. The act or power of seeing. 2. A thing seen, view, or appearance. 3. Presence or observation.
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A feathered winged creature; a fowl.
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1:10¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
1:10¶ My sonne, if sinners entise thee, consent thou not.
1:11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
1:11If they say, Come with vs, let vs lay wait for blood, let vs lurke priuily for the innocent without cause:
1:12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
1:12Let vs swallow them vp aliue, as the graue, and whole, as those that goe downe into the pit:
1:13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
1:13Wee shall finde all precious substance, wee shall fill our houses with spoile:
1:14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
1:14Cast in thy lot among vs, let vs all haue one purse:
1:15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
1:15My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them; refraine thy foot from their path:
1:16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
1:16*For their feete runne to euil, and make haste to shed blood.
1:17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
1:17Surely in vaine the net is spread †in the sight of any bird.
Selected passage1:18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
1:18And they lay wait for their owne blood, they lurke priuily for their owne liues.
1:19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
1:19So are the waies of euery one that is greedie of gaine: which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.