Proverbs 6:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand, And like a bird from the hand of the trapper.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁵ Get yourself free like a gazelle from a hunter, like a bird from the hand of a fowler.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Rescue yourself like a gazelle from the hand, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Proverbs 6:5 Cross References

Psalm 11:1

In יהוה  I have taken refuge; Why do you say to me, “Flee to your mountain like a bird”?

Psalm 124:7

Our being has escaped like a bird From the snare of the trappers; The snare was broken, and we have escaped.

Psalm 91:3

For He delivers you from the snare of a trapper, From the destructive pestilence.

Proverbs 1:17

For in vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird.

Song of Solomon 2:7

I have put you under oath, O daughters of Yerushalayim, By the gazelles or by the does of the field, Do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases.

Song of Solomon 2:9

My beloved is like a gazelle or like a young stag. See, he is standing behind our wall, Looking through the windows, Peering through the lattice.