Parallel PRO 1:17

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BSB How futile it is to spread the net
⇔ where any bird can see it!

OEB The net is spread in the sight of the birds,
⇔ who hungrily take the bait.

WEB For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;

NET Surely it is futile to spread a net
 ⇔ in plain sight of any bird,

LSV Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.

FBV There's no point in trying to lure birds into a net when they can see it.

T4T It is useless to put out a ◄trap/net to catch a bird► because when a bird sees it,
⇔ it stays away from it.

LEB  •  is the net scattered, in the sight of any

BBE Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

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JPS For in vain the net is spread in the eyes of any bird;

ASV For in vain is the net spread
 ⇔ In the sight of any bird:

DRA But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.

YLT Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.

DBY For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.

RV For in vain is the net spread, in the eyes of any bird:

WBS For in vain is the net spread, in the eyes of any bird:

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

BB But as in vayne, the nette is layde foorth before the birdes eyes:
  (But as in vayne, the nette is laid forth before the birdes eyes:)

GNV Certainely as without cause the net is spred before the eyes of all that hath wing:
  (Certainely as without cause the net is spread before the eyes of all that hath/has wing:)

CB But in vayne is ye net layed forth before the byrdes eyes.
  (But in vayne is ye/you_all net laid forth before the byrdes eyes.)

WYC But a net is leid in veyn bifore the iyen of briddis, that han wengis.
  (But a net is leid in veyn before the iyen of birds, that have wings.)

LUT Denn es ist vergeblich, das Netz auswerfen vor den Augen der Vögel.
  (Because it is vergeblich, the Netz auswerfen before/in_front_of the Augen the Vögel.)

CLV Frustra autem jacitur rete ante oculos pennatorum.
  (Frustra however yacitur rete ante oculos pennatorum.)

BRN for nets are not without cause spread for birds.

BrLXX Οὐ γὰρ ἀδίκως ἐκτείνεται δίκτυα πτερωτοῖς.
  (Ou gar adikōs ekteinetai diktua pterōtois.)