King James Version
Proverbs 1:17 in the King James Version says “Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird . in the: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird . in the: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing”
Proverbs 1:17 · KJV
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird . in the: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“in the sight”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of any bird”
H1167a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinna
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