The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 1:17

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Surely in vain the net is spread in the face of any bird. The teacher here advances a second reason in support of his warning in Proverbs 1:15, under the form of a proverb in its strict sense. It is based on the ill-advised audacity of sinners in flying in the face of God's judgments.

In vain ( חִנָּם, khinnam), see Proverbs 1:11, may be taken in two senses.

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