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Proverbs 1:15-17
Contemporary English Version
Proverbs 1:15-17
Contemporary English Version
15 Don't follow anyone like that
or do what they do.
16 They are in a big hurry
to commit some crime,
perhaps even murder.
17 They are like a bird
that sees the bait,
but ignores the trap.[a]
Footnotes
- 1.17 They are … trap: Or “Be like a bird that won't go for the bait, if it sees the trap.”
Proverbs 1:15-17
New International Version
Proverbs 1:15-17
New International Version
Proverbs 1:15-17
King James Version
Proverbs 1:15-17
King James Version
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.
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Proverbs 1:15-17
New King James Version
Proverbs 1:15-17
New King James Version
15 My son, (A)do not walk in the way with them,
(B)Keep your foot from their path;
16 (C)For their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely, in [a]vain the net is spread
In the sight of any [b]bird;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:17 futility
- Proverbs 1:17 Lit. lord of the wing
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