PRO 1:17 Parallel Verse View

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1:17 Note: We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

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

UST It is useless for a hunter to put out a net to trap a bird
⇔ while the bird is watching because the bird will avoid the net.

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

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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 • [fn] is the net scattered, in the sight of any[fn]

1:? Or “without cause,” or “for nothing”

1:? Literally “bird of wing”

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

Moff No Moff PRO book available

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.

Drby 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:

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

KJB-1769 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.[fn]

1.17 in the…: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing

KJB-1611 Surely in vaine the net is spread [fn]in the sight of any bird.

1:17 Hebr. in the eyes of euery thing that hath a wing.

Bshps 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:)

Gnva 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: )

Cvdl 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.)

Luth 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/of_the Vögel.)

ClVg Frustra autem jacitur rete ante oculos pennatorum.[fn]
(Frustra however yacitur rete before oculos pennatorum. )

1.17 Frustra. RAB. Cætera de insidiatoribus Christi specialiter, etc., usque ad in pauperibus enim nihil habet causæ.

1.17 Frustra. RAB. Cætera about insidiatoribus of_Christ specialiter, etc., until to in pauperibus because nihil habet causæ.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

מְזֹרָ֣ה הָ⁠רָ֑שֶׁת

spread the,net

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “does someone spread out a net”

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

מְזֹרָ֣ה הָ⁠רָ֑שֶׁת

spread the,net

A net is a trap made of woven rope or string that hunters use to catch animals. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of trap, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “is the trap set up”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ֝⁠עֵינֵ֗י

in/on=both_eyes_of

Here, eyes refers to what is seen with the eyes. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “in view of” or “in the sight of”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בַּ֥עַל כָּנָֽף

bird wing/corner/skirt

The phrase owner of wing refers to a bird. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly, as in the UST.

Parallel PRO 1:17