Surely in vain # 09_1SA_25_21 # Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this [fellow] hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that [pertained] unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good. Surely in vain # 20_PRO_01_17 # Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.