Proverbs 6:5
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
- KJV
- Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- WEB
- Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
- ASV
- Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- DARBY
- deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- BLB
- snatch yourself like a gazelle from the hand, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- ÅB
- frels deg som et rådyr av jegerens hånd og som en fugl av fuglefangerens hånd!
- OTB
- Redd deg selv som en gaselle fra jegerens hånd,
og som en fugl fra snaren til fuglefanger. - B1930
- frels dig som et rådyr av jegerens hånd og som en fugl av fuglefangerens hånd!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 91:3
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
Read in contextPsalms 124:7
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Read in contextProverbs 1:17
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Read in context