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Proverbs 6:5
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3 So do this, my son, and deliver yourself;
For you have come into the hand of your friend:
Go and humble yourself;
Plead with your friend.
4 aGive no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids. 
5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
And like a bird from the hand of the1 fowler. 

The Folly of Indolence

6 aGo to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise, 
7 Which, having no1 captain,
Overseer or ruler, 
8 Provides her1 supplies in the summer,
And gathers her food in the harvest. 
9 aHow long will you1 slumber, O sluggard?
When will you rise from your sleep? 
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep—
11 aSo shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man. 

The Wicked Man

12 A worthless person, a wicked man,
Walks with a perverse mouth;
13 aHe1 winks with his eyes,
He shuffles his feet,
He points with his fingers; 
Verse Comparison: Proverbs 6:5

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American Standard Version
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand `of the hunter', And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Amplified® Bible
Deliver yourself, as a roe {or} gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Contemporary English Version
Save yourself, just as a deer or a bird tries to escape from a hunter.

Darby English Version
deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Good News Bible
Get out of the trap like a bird or a deer escaping from a hunter.

King James Version
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

New American Standard Bible
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from {the hunter's} hand And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

New International Version
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

New King James Version
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's hand And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Revised Standard Version
save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Young's Literal Translation
Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.


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