Proverbs 1:18

And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

Proverbs 1:18 · King James Version

In other versions

And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
ASV
And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.
BBE
And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
DBY
But these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
WEB
And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.
YLT
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privately for their own lives.
ENG
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
WBT
But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
BSB

¹⁶For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

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

¹⁸And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

¹⁹So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

²⁰Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: