Proverbs 6:5

Proverbs 6:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
• New International Version (NIV)Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
• English Standard Version (ESV)save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Context of Proverbs 6:5

3Do this now, my son, and release yourself [from the obligation]; Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor, Go humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor [to pay his debt and release you]. 4Give no [unnecessary] sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids; Tear yourself away like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter And like a bird from the hand of the fowler. 6Go to the ant, O lazy one; Observe her ways and be wise, 7Which, having no chief, Overseer or ruler,

Proverbs 6:5 word by word

הִ֭נָּצֵל כִּצְבִ֣י מִיָּ֑ד וּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹר מִיַּ֥ד יָקֽוּשׁ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Deliverנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• thyself as a roeצְבִיtsebîy · gazelleH6643
• from the handיָדyâd · handH3027
• and as a birdצִפּוֹרtsippôr tsippôr · birdH6833
• of the fowlerיָקוּשׁyâqûsh · fowlerH3353

Cross-references for Proverbs 6:5

• Proverbs 1:17Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net In the sight of any bird;
• Psalms 11:1In the Lord I take refuge [and put my trust]; How can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to your mountain;
• Psalms 124:7We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The trap is broken and we have escaped.

Commentaries on Proverbs 6:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Deliver 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5free yourself: The risk of disaster is so high that escaping is a matter of life and death, like animals trapped.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. The danger requires promptness.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 6:5

• Deer
• Surety (Guarantee)
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Fowler
• Hunt
• Lust
• Naughtiness
• Suddenly
• Surety
• Teach
• Gazelle
• Hezekiah (2)
• Hunting

Commentaries on Proverbs 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings