King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Complete Jewish Bible:
For in vain is the net baited if any bird can see it;
Berean Standard Bible:
How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
American Standard Version:
For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Surely in vain{H2600} the net{H7568} is spread{H2219} in the sight{H5869} of any bird{H1167}{H3671}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Proverbs 7:23
- Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.
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.
Job 35:11
- Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
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.
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Commentary for Proverbs 1:17
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H2600
There are 31 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חִנָּם
Transliteration: chinnâm
Pronunciation: khin-nawm'
Description: from חֵן; gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage; without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain. - Strong's Number: H7568
There are 21 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רֶשֶׁת
Transliteration: resheth
Pronunciation: reh'-sheth
Description: from יָרַשׁ; a net (as catching animals); net(-work). - Strong's Number: H2219
There are 38 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: זָרָה
Transliteration: zârâh
Pronunciation: zaw-raw'
Description: a primitive root (compare זוּר); to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow; cast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow. - Strong's Number: H5869
There are 830 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עַיִן
Transliteration: ʻayin
Pronunciation: ah'-yin
Description: probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves). - Strong's Number: H1167
There are 78 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בַּעַל
Transliteration: baʻal
Pronunciation: bah'-al
Description: from בָּעַל; a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense); [phrase] archer, [phrase] babbler, [phrase] bird, captain, chief man, [phrase] confederate, [phrase] have to do, [phrase] dreamer, those to whom it is due, [phrase] furious, those that are given to it, great, [phrase] hairy, he that hath it, have, [phrase] horseman, husband, lord, man, [phrase] married, master, person, [phrase] sworn, they of. - Strong's Number: H3671
There are 85 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: כָּנָף
Transliteration: kânâph
Pronunciation: kaw-nawf'
Description: from כָּנַף; an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle; [phrase] bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), [idiom] flying, [phrase] (one an-) other, overspreading, [idiom] quarters, skirt, [idiom] sort, uttermost part, wing(-ed).