Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 6:5
5Escape like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
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
3then do this, my son, and free yourself, since you fell into your neighbor’s hand: Go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbor! 4Allow no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. Escape like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. 6Go to the ant, you slacker— consider its ways and be wise! 7It has no commander, no overseer or ruler.
Read all of Proverbs 6Proverbs 6:5 word by word
הִ֭נָּצֵל כִּצְבִ֣י מִיָּ֑ד וּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹר מִיַּ֥ד יָקֽוּשׁ׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 6:5
- Proverbs 1:17Surely it is useless to spread a net in the eyes of all winged creatures!
- Psalms 11:1For the music director, a psalm of David. In Adonai I have taken shelter. How can you say to my soul: “Fly like a bird to your mountain?
- Psalms 124:7Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the snare of the trappers— the snare is broken, and we 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
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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
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