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Let’s hide and kill someone! Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait to <i>shed</i> blood; Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />If they say, “Come with us, Let’s lie in wait for blood, Let’s ambush the innocent without cause;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />If they say, &#8220Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />If they say, “Come with us; Let us lie in wait to <i>shed</i> blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If they say—“Come with us! Let’s set an ambush and kill someone. Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If they say—"Come with us! Let&#8217s set an ambush and kill someone. Let&#8217s attack some innocent person just for fun! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />when they say, "Come on! Let's gang up and kill somebody, just for the fun of it! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If they say, "Come with us. Let's set an ambush to kill someone. Let's hide to ambush innocent people for fun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Suppose they say, "Come on; let's find someone to kill! Let's attack some innocent people for the fun of it! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If they say, "Come with us! Let's lie in wait for blood; let's ambush some innocent person for no reason at all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If they say, ?Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If they say, "Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If they say, "Come with us, Let's lie in wait for blood; let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lie in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />If they say, “Come with us, we lay wait for blood, "" We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> If they say, 'Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If they shall say, Go with us, we will lie in wait for blood, we will hide for the innocent gratuitously;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />If they should say: “Come with us. We will lie in wait for blood. We will lay traps against the innocent, without cause.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />do not go if they say, “Come along with us! Let us lie in wait for blood, unprovoked, let us trap the innocent; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us wantonly ambush the innocent;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If they say to you, Come with us, let us lie in wait to shed blood, let us lie in wait for the innocent, wrongfully;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if they say to you "Come with us, let us lay wait for blood and hide for the innocent in depravity<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />If they say: 'Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us lurk for the innocent without cause;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/1-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=61" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/1.htm">The Enticement of Sin</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: yō·mə·rū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">they say,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lə·ḵāh (V-Qal-Imp-ms:: 3fs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">“Come</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tā·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">along,</a> <a href="/hebrew/693.htm" title="693: ne·’er·ḇāh (V-Qal-Imperf.Cohort-1cp) -- To lie in wait. A primitive root; to lurk.">let us lie in wait</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: lə·ḏām (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">for blood,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6845.htm" title="6845: niṣ·pə·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf.Cohort-1cp) -- A primitive root; to hide; by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically to protect, to lurk.">let us ambush</a> <a href="/hebrew/5355.htm" title="5355: lə·nā·qî (Prep-l:: Adj-ms) -- Clean, free from, exempt. Or naqiyi,; from naqah; innocent.">the innocent</a> <a href="/hebrew/2600.htm" title="2600: ḥin·nām (Adv) -- Out of favor. From chen; gratis, i.e. Devoid of cost, reason or advantage.">without cause,</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/10-8.htm">Psalm 10:8-10</a></span><br />He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless. / He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net. / They are crushed and beaten down; the helpless fall prey to his strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-2.htm">Micah 7:2-3</a></span><br />The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net. / Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-26.htm">Jeremiah 5:26-28</a></span><br />For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men. / Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. / They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Isaiah 59:7-8</a></span><br />Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. / The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/64-2.htm">Psalm 64:2-6</a></span><br />Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity, / who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows, / ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/1-15.htm">Habakkuk 1:15-17</a></span><br />The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly. / Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich. / Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-15.htm">Romans 3:15-17</a></span><br />“Their feet are swift to shed blood; / ruin and misery lie in their wake, / and the way of peace they have not known.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-14.htm">Matthew 26:14-16</a></span><br />Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests / and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver. / So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-10.htm">John 10:10</a></span><br />The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a></span><br />But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. / Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9-10</a></span><br />Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14</a></span><br />Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-14.htm">2 Peter 2:14-15</a></span><br />Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed. / They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/23-12.htm">Acts 23:12-15</a></span><br />When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. / More than forty of them were involved in this plot. / They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/37-18.htm">Genesis 37:18-20</a></span><br />Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him. / “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another. / “Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privately for the innocent without cause:</p><p class="hdg">let us lay</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-16.htm">Proverbs 1:16</a></b></br> For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/12-6.htm">Proverbs 12:6</a></b></br> The words of the wicked <i>are</i> to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/30-14.htm">Proverbs 30:14</a></b></br> <i>There is</i> a generation, whose teeth <i>are as</i> swords, and their jaw teeth <i>as</i> knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from <i>among</i> men.</p><p class="hdg">let us lurk</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-18.htm">Proverbs 1:18</a></b></br> And they lay wait for their <i>own</i> blood; they lurk privily for their <i>own</i> lives.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/10-8.htm">Psalm 10:8-10</a></b></br> He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/17-12.htm">Psalm 17:12</a></b></br> Like as a lion <i>that</i> is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/64-4.htm">Ambush</a> <a href="/psalms/139-19.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/psalms/146-7.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/psalms/141-9.htm">Designs</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-5.htm">Good</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Harmless</a> <a href="/psalms/106-38.htm">Innocent</a> <a href="/psalms/122-1.htm">Let's</a> <a href="/psalms/132-3.htm">Lie</a> <a href="/psalms/142-3.htm">Privily</a> <a href="/psalms/142-3.htm">Secretly</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-18.htm">Someone's</a> <a href="/psalms/146-1.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/psalms/146-8.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/psalms/147-11.htm">Wait</a> <a href="/psalms/25-3.htm">Wantonly</a> <a href="/psalms/142-4.htm">Watch</a> <a href="/acts/20-3.htm">Waylay</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/1-18.htm">Ambush</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-16.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-32.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-31.htm">Designs</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-3.htm">Good</a> <a href="/matthew/10-16.htm">Harmless</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-17.htm">Innocent</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-12.htm">Let's</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-24.htm">Lie</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-18.htm">Privily</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-18.htm">Secretly</a> <a href="/proverbs/4-16.htm">Someone's</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-10.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-7.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-18.htm">Wait</a> <a href="/revelation/18-9.htm">Wantonly</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-18.htm">Watch</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-18.htm">Waylay</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/1-1.htm">The use of the proverbs</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">An exhortation to fear God, and believe his word</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/1-10.htm">to avoid the enticing of sinners</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/1-20.htm">Wisdom complains of her contempt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">She threatens her contemners</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical context, the call to "come along" is an invitation to join in sinful behavior. This reflects the broader biblical theme of the importance of choosing one's companions wisely, as seen in <a href="/1_corinthians/15-33.htm">1 Corinthians 15:33</a>, "Do not be misled: 'Bad company corrupts good character.'"<p><b>let us lie in wait for blood,</b><br>The imagery of lying in wait suggests premeditated violence and deceit. In ancient times, ambushes were a common tactic in warfare and crime, indicating a deliberate and malicious intent. This phrase warns against the allure of participating in violent acts, which is condemned throughout Scripture, such as in <a href="/genesis/6-11.htm">Genesis 6:11</a>, where the earth was filled with violence before the flood.<p><b>let us ambush the innocent without cause,</b><br>This highlights the injustice and moral corruption of attacking those who have done no wrong. The Bible consistently upholds the value of justice and the protection of the innocent, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/10-8.htm">Psalm 10:8</a>, which describes the wicked lying in wait to catch the helpless. The phrase "without cause" underscores the senselessness and evil of such actions, contrasting with the righteousness and justice that God desires, as reflected in <a href="/proverbs/21-15.htm">Proverbs 21:15</a>, "When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers."<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_enticers.htm">The Enticers</a></b><br>These are individuals who seek to lead others into sin, specifically through violence and deceit. They represent the temptation to join in sinful actions for personal gain or thrill.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_innocent.htm">The Innocent</a></b><br>This refers to those who are unsuspecting and have done no wrong, yet are targeted by the wicked. They symbolize purity and righteousness in the face of evil.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ambush.htm">The Ambush</a></b><br>This event is a metaphor for premeditated sin and the deliberate planning of evil actions. It highlights the intentional nature of sin when one is led astray by wrong influences.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/a/avoiding_bad_company.htm">Avoiding Bad Company</a></b><br><a href="/proverbs/1-11.htm">Proverbs 1:11</a> warns against associating with those who entice us to sin. We must be vigilant about the company we keep and the influences we allow in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/recognizing_temptation.htm">Recognizing Temptation</a></b><br>The verse highlights the subtlety of temptation. We must be aware of how sin can be disguised as an opportunity or adventure.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/v/valuing_innocence.htm">Valuing Innocence</a></b><br>The targeting of the innocent reminds us of the value of purity and righteousness. We should strive to protect and uphold these virtues in ourselves and others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Engaging in sinful actions, especially those that harm others, leads to spiritual and often physical consequences. We must consider the long-term effects of our choices.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_wisdom.htm">Seeking Wisdom</a></b><br>The broader context of <a href="/bsb/proverbs/1.htm">Proverbs 1</a> emphasizes the importance of wisdom and understanding. We should seek God's wisdom to discern right from wrong.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_seven_things_god_hates.htm">What are the seven things God hates?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_god_capable_of_hatred.htm">Is God capable of hatred?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_some_'wicked_houses'_prosper.htm">Proverbs 14:11: Why have some “wicked houses” throughout history prospered instead of being destroyed? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_proverbs_11_1_be_proven_scientifically.htm">Proverbs 11:1 states that the Lord detests dishonest scales--how can this moral stance be proven scientifically or historically?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">Without cause.--</span>To be taken with "lurk." Though he has done us no harm.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood.</span> The teacher here puts into the mouth of the sinners, for the sake of vivid representation, the first inducement with which they seek to allure youth from the paths of rectitude, viz. privacy and concealment (Cartwright, Wardlaw). Both the verbs <span class="hebrew">אָרַב</span> (<span class="accented">arav</span>) and <span class="hebrew">צָפַן</span>, (<span class="accented">tzaphan</span>) mean "to lay in wait" (Zockler). The radical meaning of <span class="accented">arav</span>, from which <span class="hebrew">נֶאֶרְבָה</span> (<span class="accented">neer'vah</span>), "let us lay in wait" (Authorized Version) is taken, is "to knot, to weave, to intertwine." Verbs of this class are often applied to snares and craftiness (cf. the Greek <span class="greek">δόλον</span> <span class="greek">ὑδαίνειν</span>, and the Latin <span class="accented">insidias nectere</span>, "to weave plots, or lay snares"). Generally, <span class="accented">arav</span> is equivalent to "to watch in ambush" (Gesenius); cf. the Vulgate, <span class="accented">insidiemur sanguini</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "let us lay wait for blood." The LXX. paraphrases the expression, <span class="greek">κοινώνησον αἵματος</span>, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "let us share in blood." On the other hand, <span class="hebrew">צָפַן</span> (<span class="accented">tzaphan</span>), from which <span class="hebrew">נִצְפְנָה</span> (<span class="accented">nitz'p'nah</span>), translated in the Authorized Version, "let us lurk privily," is "to hide or conceal," and intrans. "to hide one's self," or ellipt., "to hide nets, snares" (Gesenius, Holden). This sense agrees with the Vulgate <span class="accented">abscondamus tendiculas</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "let us conceal snares." Delitzsch, however, holds that no word is to be understood with this verb, and traces the radical meaning to that of restraining one's self, watching, lurking. in the sense of <span class="accented">speculari</span>, "to watch for," <span class="accented">insidiari</span>, "to lay wait for." The two verbs combine what may be termed the apparatus, the arrangement of the plot and their lurking in ambush, by which they will await their victims. <span class="accented">For blood</span> (<span class="hebrew">לְדָם</span>, <span class="accented">l'dam</span>). The context (see vers. 12 and 16), bearing as it does upon bloodshed accompanying robbery, requires that the Hebrew <span class="hebrew">לְדָם</span> (<span class="accented">l'dam</span>) should be understood here, as Fleischer remarks, either elliptically, for "the blood of men," as the Jewish interpreters explain, or synedochically, for the person, with especial reference to his blood being shed, as in <a href="/psalms/94-21.htm">Psalm 94:21</a>. Vatablus, Cornelius a Lapide. and Gesenius support the latter view (cf. <a href="/micah/7-2.htm">Micah 7:2</a>, "They all lie in wait for blood," <span class="accented">i.e.</span> for bloodshed, or murder. <span class="hebrew">דָם</span> (<span class="accented">dam</span>) may be also taken for life in the sense that "the blood is the life" (<a href="/deuteronomy/12-23.htm">Deuteronomy 12:23</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause.</span> The relation of the phrase. "without cause" (<span class="hebrew">חִנָּם</span>, <span class="accented">khinnam</span>), in this sentence is a matter of lnueh dispute. It may be taken either with <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> the <span class="accented">verb</span> (as in the Authorized Version, Wordsworth, Luther, Van Ess, Noyes, Zockler, Delitzsch, Hatzig, LXX., Syriac, Rashi, Ralbac), and then "lurk privily without cause" is equivalent to <p><span class="note_emph">(a)</span> without having any reason for revenge and enmity (Zockler), <span class="accented">i.e.</span> though they have not provoked us, nor done us any injury, yet let us hurt them, in the sense of <span class="accented">absque causa</span> (Munsterus, Paganini Version, Piscatoris Version, Mercerus), <span class="greek">ἀδικῶς</span> (LXX.), <span class="accented">inique</span> (Arabic); <p><span class="note_emph">(b)</span> with impunity, since none will avenge them in the sense of <a href="/job/9-12.htm">Job 9:12</a> (this is the view of Lowestein, but it is rejected by Delitzsch); or . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/1-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">If</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they say,</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאמְרוּ֮</span> <span class="translit">(yō·mə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Come</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכָ֪ה</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">along,</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֫תָּ֥נוּ</span> <span class="translit">(’it·tā·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nearness, near, with, by, at, among</span><br /><br /><span class="word">let us lie in wait</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶאֶרְבָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ne·’er·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_693.htm">Strong's 693: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lie in wait</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for blood,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְדָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">let us ambush</span><br /><span class="heb">נִצְפְּנָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(niṣ·pə·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6845.htm">Strong's 6845: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hide, to hoard, reserve, to deny, to protect, to lurk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the innocent</span><br /><span class="heb">לְנָקִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·nā·qî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5355.htm">Strong's 5355: </a> </span><span class="str2">Clean, free from, exempt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">without cause,</span><br /><span class="heb">חִנָּֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥin·nām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2600.htm">Strong's 2600: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gratis, devoid of cost, reason, advantage</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/1-11.htm">Proverbs 1:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/1-11.htm">Proverbs 1:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/1-11.htm">Proverbs 1:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/1-11.htm">Proverbs 1:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/1-11.htm">Proverbs 1:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/1-11.htm">Proverbs 1:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/1-11.htm">Proverbs 1:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/1-11.htm">Proverbs 1:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/1-11.htm">Proverbs 1:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/1-11.htm">Proverbs 1:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/1-11.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 1:11 If they say Come with us Let's (Prov. 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