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Proverbs 1:18
Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.
Proverbs 1:18 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 1:18 in other translations
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
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In context
15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path.
16 For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood.
17 Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings!
18 Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.
19 Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!
20 Wisdom, in the open place, soundeth forth, in the broadways, she raiseth her voice;
21 At the head of bustling streets, she crieth aloud,—at the openings of the gates in the city—her sayings, she doth utter:—
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