New Revised Standard Version
For in vain is the net baited while the bird is looking on;

Contemporary English Version
They are like a bird that sees the bait, but ignores the trap.

New American Bible
In vain a net is spread right under the eyes of any bird—

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

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

in vain

Proverbs 7:23 Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Job 35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.

Isaiah 1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.

Jeremiah 8:7 The kite in the air hath known her time: the turtle, and the swallow, and the stork have observed the time of their coming: but my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.