15 my son, do not go along with them,
    do not set foot(A) on their paths;(B)
16 for their feet rush into evil,(C)
    they are swift to shed blood.(D)
17 How useless to spread a net
    where every bird can see it!
18 These men lie in wait(E) for their own blood;
    they ambush only themselves!(F)
19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
    it takes away the life of those who get it.(G)

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15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

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

18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

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