“And they lay wait for their owne blood, they lurke priuily for their owne liues.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.
- King James Version
But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.
- Basic English Bible
And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
- Darby Bible
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
- Webster's Bible
but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
- World English Bible
And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And these lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk for their own lives.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 1:18
1:18 Their own blood - The destruction which they design to others, fall upon themselves.