SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:17
Porque en vano se tenderá la red ante los ojos de toda ave;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 1:17
Verse 17. Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. ] This is a proverb of which the wise man here makes a particular use; and the meaning does not seem as difficult as some imagine. The wicked are represented as lurking privily for the innocent. It is in this way alone that they can hope to destroy them and take their substance; for if their designs were known, proper precautions would be taken against them; for it would be vain to spread the net in the sight of those birds which men wish to ensnare. Attend therefore to my counsels, and they shall never be able to ensnare thee.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 17. Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird .] Or “without cause” f23 , as the word is rendered in ( Proverbs 1:11); and so the words are an illustration of the preceding; showing that the blood of innocent persons is shed without cause, no injury being done by them to those that do it, but is shed without any provocation at all; just as the net is spread for the innocent bird, which has done no harm to the fowler that seeks to take it; so Gersom: or else the sense is, that though the net is spread by the fowler even in the sight of the bird, yet it is in vain to the bird, though not to the fowler; it is so intent upon the corn that is spread about, that it takes no notice of the net, and so is caught in it; and thus it is with those men that are bent upon their sinful practices, upon theft and murder, though their ruin and destruction are before their eyes; and they daily see their companions in iniquity come to an untimely end; they know that they are liable to suffer death by the hand of the civil magistrate, and to be followed by the justice and vengeance of God, and suffer eternal punishment; yet take no warning hereby, but rush on to their own ruin, as follows.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 10-19 - Wicked people are zealous in seducing others into the paths of the destroyer: sinners love company in sin. But they have so much the mor to answer for. How cautious young people should be! "Consent thou not. Do not say as they say, nor do as they do, or would have thee to do have no fellowship with them. Who could think that it should be pleasure to one man to destroy another! See their idea of worldl wealth; but it is neither substance, nor precious. It is the ruinou mistake of thousands, that they overvalue the wealth of this world. Me promise themselves in vain that sin will turn to their advantage. The way of sin is down-hill; men cannot stop themselves. Would young people shun temporal and eternal ruin, let them refuse to take one step i these destructive paths. Men's greediness of gain hurries them upo practices which will not suffer them or others to live out half their days. What is a man profited, though he gain the world, if he lose his life? much less if he lose his soul?
Original Hebrew
כי 3588 חנם 2600 מזרה 2219 הרשׁת 7568 בעיני 5869 כל 3605 בעל 1167 כנף׃ 3671
