Like as a partridge taken [and kept] in a cage, so is the heart of the proud: and like as a spy, watcheth he for thy fall:
LXX2012
Sirach 11:30
Like as a partridge taken [and kept] in a cage, so is the heart of the proud; and like as a spy, watches he for your fall:
Parallel Translations
Like as a partridge taken and kept in a cage, so is the heart of the proud; and like as a spy, watcheth he for thy fall:
Like a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the heart of a proud man. Like a spy, he looks for your weakness.
As a partriche is taken vnder a basket, [& the hinde is taken in the snare, ] so is the heart of the proude man, which like a spie watcheth for thy fall.