Proverbs 1:18

18 These men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush only themselves!

Proverbs 1:18 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
English Standard Version (ESV)
18 but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.
New Living Translation (NLT)
18 But these people set an ambush for themselves; they are trying to get themselves killed.
The Message Bible (MSG)
18 Yet that's what these people are doing - they're doing themselves in.
American Standard Version (ASV)
18 And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
18 But these people set an ambush for their own murder. They go into hiding only to lose their lives.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
18 but they set an ambush to kill themselves; they attack their own lives.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
18 Those who hide and wait will spill their own blood. They will be caught in their own trap.

Proverbs 1:18 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 1:18

And they lay wait for their [own] blood
While they lie in wait for the blood of others, they lie in wait for their own; and when they shed the blood of innocent persons, it in the issue comes upon their own heads, and is the cause of their own blood being shed; vengeance pursues them, and justice will not suffer them to live; they lurk privily for their [own] lives:
while they are lurking in secret places to take away, the lives of others, they are laying snares for their own souls; and the consequence of it will be, that they will be brought to a shameful and untimely end here, or, however, to everlasting ruin and destruction hereafter.

Proverbs 1:18 In-Context

16 for their feet rush into evil, they are swift to shed blood.
17 How useless to spread a net where every bird can see it!
18 These men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush only themselves!
19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it.
20 Out in the open wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in the public square;

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