Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it {is} for his life.

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: {but} Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and {into} many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know {these things} before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

The wicked desireth the net of evil {men}: but the root of the righteous yieldeth {fruit}. {the net: or, the fortress}

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand {of the hunter}, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

For among my people are found wicked {men}: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. {they lay...: or, they pry as fowlers lie in wait}

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it {is} for his life.