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King James Version (1611 Edition)
Proverbs 6:5
Deliuer thy selfe as a Roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,like a bird from a hunter’s trap.
Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,like a bird from a hunter’s trap.
Hebrew Names Version
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, Like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, Like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
King James Version
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
English Standard Version
save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
New Century Version
but free yourself like a deer running from a hunter, like a bird flying away from a trapper.
but free yourself like a deer running from a hunter, like a bird flying away from a trapper.
New English Translation
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.
Amplified Bible
Tear yourself away like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Tear yourself away like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
New American Standard Bible
Save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's hand, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's hand, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
World English Bible
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, Like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, Like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Deliuer thy selfe as a doe from the hande of the hunter, and as a birde from the hande of the fouler.
Deliuer thy selfe as a doe from the hande of the hunter, and as a birde from the hande of the fouler.
Legacy Standard Bible
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's handAnd like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's handAnd like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Berean Standard Bible
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the fowler's snare.
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the fowler's snare.
Contemporary English Version
Save yourself, just as a deer or a bird tries to escape from a hunter.
Save yourself, just as a deer or a bird tries to escape from a hunter.
Complete Jewish Bible
break free, like a gazelle from the [hunter's] trap, like a bird from the grip of the fowler.
break free, like a gazelle from the [hunter's] trap, like a bird from the grip of the fowler.
Darby Translation
deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Easy-to-Read Version
Escape from that trap like a deer running from a hunter. Free yourself like a bird flying from a trap.
Escape from that trap like a deer running from a hunter. Free yourself like a bird flying from a trap.
George Lamsa Translation
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the snare, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the snare, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Good News Translation
Lexham English Bible
Save yourself like a gazelle from a hand, or like a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Save yourself like a gazelle from a hand, or like a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Literal Translation
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a hand of a hunter , and as a bird from the fowler's hand.
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a hand of a hunter , and as a bird from the fowler's hand.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Saue thy self as a doo fro ye honde, & as a byrde fro the hode of the fouler.
Saue thy self as a doo fro ye honde, & as a byrde fro the hode of the fouler.
American Standard Version
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Bible in Basic English
Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.
Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Saue thy self as a Doe from the hand of the [hunter] and as a byrde from the hande of the fouler.
Saue thy self as a Doe from the hand of the [hunter] and as a byrde from the hande of the fouler.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
that thou mayest deliver thyself as a doe out of the toils, and as a bird out of a snare.
that thou mayest deliver thyself as a doe out of the toils, and as a bird out of a snare.
English Revised Version
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Be thou rauyschid as a doo fro the hond; and as a bridde fro aspiyngis of the foulere.
Be thou rauyschid as a doo fro the hond; and as a bridde fro aspiyngis of the foulere.
Update Bible Version
Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Webster's Bible Translation
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
New King James Version
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,And like a bird from the hand of the fowler. [fn]
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,And like a bird from the hand of the fowler. [fn]
New Living Translation
Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter, like a bird fleeing from a net.
Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter, like a bird fleeing from a net.
New Life Bible
Take yourself away like a deer from the man who kills animals, and like a bird from the hand of the man who catches birds.
Take yourself away like a deer from the man who kills animals, and like a bird from the hand of the man who catches birds.
New Revised Standard
save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.
Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Revised Standard Version
save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Young's Literal Translation
Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's hand And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's hand And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Contextual Overview
1 My sonne, if thou bee surety for thy friend, it thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the wordes of thy mouth. 3 Doe this now, my sonne, and deliuer thy selfe, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend: goe, humble thy selfe, and make sure thy friend. 4 Giue not sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5 Deliuer thy selfe as a Roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
as a bird: Proverbs 1:17, Psalms 11:1, Psalms 124:7
Reciprocal: Genesis 19:15 - hastened Genesis 39:12 - and he left 1 Samuel 20:38 - General 1 Samuel 25:18 - made haste 2 Samuel 17:16 - but speedily 2 Samuel 19:16 - hasted 2 Kings 7:7 - and fled for their life 1 Chronicles 12:8 - as swift as the roes upon the mountains Psalms 55:7 - General Proverbs 4:15 - General Jeremiah 48:6 - Flee Matthew 24:17 - which Mark 13:15 - General Acts 24:25 - when 2 Timothy 2:22 - Flee
Cross-References
Genesis 6:1
And it came to passe, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were borne vnto them:
And it came to passe, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were borne vnto them:
Genesis 6:3
And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not alwayes striue with man; for that hee also is flesh: yet his dayes shalbe an hundred and twenty yeeres.
And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not alwayes striue with man; for that hee also is flesh: yet his dayes shalbe an hundred and twenty yeeres.
Genesis 6:4
There were Giants in the earth in those daies: and also after that, when the sonnes of God came in vnto the daughters of men, & they bare children to them; the same became mightie men, which were of old, men of renowme.
There were Giants in the earth in those daies: and also after that, when the sonnes of God came in vnto the daughters of men, & they bare children to them; the same became mightie men, which were of old, men of renowme.
Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a iust man, and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a iust man, and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
Genesis 6:19
And of euery liuing thing of all flesh, two of euery sort shalt thou bring into the Arke, to keepe them aliue with thee: they shall be male and female.
And of euery liuing thing of all flesh, two of euery sort shalt thou bring into the Arke, to keepe them aliue with thee: they shall be male and female.
Genesis 6:20
Of fowles after their kinde, and of cattel after their kinde: of euery creeping thing of the earth after his kinde, two of euery sort shall come vnto thee, to keepe them aliue.
Of fowles after their kinde, and of cattel after their kinde: of euery creeping thing of the earth after his kinde, two of euery sort shall come vnto thee, to keepe them aliue.
Genesis 6:21
And take thou vnto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food, for thee, and for them.
And take thou vnto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food, for thee, and for them.
Genesis 8:21
And the LORD smelled a sweete sauour, and the LORD said in his heart, I will not againe curse the ground any more for mans sake; for the imagination of mans heart is euil from his youth: neither will I againe smite any more euery thing liuing, as I haue done.
And the LORD smelled a sweete sauour, and the LORD said in his heart, I will not againe curse the ground any more for mans sake; for the imagination of mans heart is euil from his youth: neither will I againe smite any more euery thing liuing, as I haue done.
Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodome were wicked, and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
But the men of Sodome were wicked, and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
Deuteronomy 29:19
And it come to passe when he heareth the wordes of this curse, that hee blesse himselfe in his heart, saying, I shall haue peace, though I walke in the imagination of mine heart, to adde drunkennesse to thirst:
And it come to passe when he heareth the wordes of this curse, that hee blesse himselfe in his heart, saying, I shall haue peace, though I walke in the imagination of mine heart, to adde drunkennesse to thirst:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter],.... As such a creature, which is very swift, when it is got into the hand of the hunter, will strive and struggle to get out; so should a man try all ways and means to get out of his suretyship engagements, especially when he finds himself liable to danger by it; this he should do "immediately" and "out of hand" g, as the phrase here used sometimes signifies with the Jewish writers;
and as a bird from the hand of the fowler; another metaphor, signifying the same thing.
g מיד "statim", De Dieu; "subito", Noldius, p. 859. No. 1630. "ilico, repente", so some in Eliae Tishbi, p. 143.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 6:5. Deliver thyself as a roe — צבי tsebi, the antelope. If thou art got into the snare, get out if thou possibly canst; make every struggle and excertion, as the antelope taken in the net, and the bird taken in the snare would, in order to get free from thy captivity.
