Proverbs 1:17
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
שָׁוְא
shâvᵉʼ
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object...
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁוְא shâvᵉʼ
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
Study H7723 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
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