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16 For they[a] run toward evil;
    these enticers[b] shed blood without hesitation.[c]
17 Look, it is useless to spread a net in full view of[d] all the birds,
18 but these people[e] lie in wait for their own blood.[f]
        They ambush only themselves.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:16 Lit. For their feet
  2. Proverbs 1:16 Lit. they
  3. Proverbs 1:16 Lit. blood quickly
  4. Proverbs 1:17 Lit. in the eyes of
  5. Proverbs 1:18 Lit. they
  6. Proverbs 1:18 The Heb. lacks their own