King James Version
Proverbs 1:11 in the King James Version says “If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:”
Proverbs 1:11 · KJV
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. an: Heb. an adding
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“for blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
“let us lurk”
H6845to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
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