King James Version

Proverbs 1:18

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

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וְ֭הֵםvehemand theyהֵםconjunction, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.לְדָמָ֣םledamamto blood , innocentדָּםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to blood , innocent”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּyeerovvambushאָרַבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “ambush”, an unfinished actionH693to lurk(lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.יִ֝צְפְּנ֗וּyitspenvlurk privilyצָפַןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “lurk privily”, an unfinished actionH6845to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurkesteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).לְנַפְשֹׁתָֽםlenafshotamto creatureנֶפֶשׁpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And these lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk for their own lives.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.

World English Bible

but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And these lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk for their own lives.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Αὐτοὶ γὰρ οἱ φόνου μετέχοντες, θησαυρίζουσιν ἑαυτοῖς κακά· ἡ δὲ καταστροφὴ ἀνδρῶν παρανόμων κακή.