Proverbs 1:17

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

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Job 35:11

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Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

Jeremiah 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.

All Translations

BBE BBE

Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

DBY DBY

For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.

KJV King James Version

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

WBT WBT

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

WEB WEB

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

YLT YLT

Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.