Proverbs 1:17

English Standard Version

17 For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird, (Job 40:24)

New International Version

17 How useless to spread a net where every bird can see it!

New International Reader’s Version

17 How useless it is to spread a net where every bird can see it!

King James Version

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