5deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.


In Context

2 thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.

4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:

5 deliver thyself as a gazelle 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 chief, overseer, or ruler,

Proverbs 6:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter,] and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:5Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter , And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:5Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.