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

3Now you need to escape from your problem. Your friend has got power over you. So you must be humble. Go quickly to him and ask him to forgive the debt. 4Do not let yourself sleep or even stop to rest until you have met with him. You must make yourself free from the trap. Escape quickly, like a bird or a deer that runs away from a hunter. 6Learn a lesson from the ants, you lazy person! See how hard they work. 7They have no leader 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 1:17Think about it! If you put a trap where the birds can see it, you will never catch anything.
• Psalms 11:1I have run to the Lord to keep me safe. So do not say this to me: ‘Fly away like a bird to the hills!
• Psalms 124:7Now we have become free, like a bird that got free out of a trap. Our enemies lost their power, and we are free!

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