Proverbs 6 · Verse 5

Proverbs 6:5

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:5, King James Version

Proverbs 6:5 in other translations

BSBFree yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
WEBFree yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
ASVDeliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
YLTBe delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
DARBYdeliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
BBEMake yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.
WebsterDeliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

What does Proverbs 6:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 6:4-5

4-5. The danger requires promptness.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Deliver 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 6:1-5

If we live as directed by the word of God, we shall find it profitable even in this present world. We are stewards of our worldly substance, and have to answer to the Lord for our disposal of it; to waste it in rash schemes, or such plans as may entangle us in difficulties and temptations, is wrong. A man ought never to be surety for more than he is able and willing to pay, and can afford to pay, without wronging…

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Proverbs 6:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הִ֭נָּצֵלHi.na.tzeldeliver yourselfH5337
כִּצְבִ֣יkitz.Vilike a gazelleH6643
מִיָּ֑דmi.Yadfrom a handH3027
וּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹרu.khe.tzi.Porand like a birdH6833
מִיַּ֥דmi.Yadfrom [the] hand ofH3027
יָקֽוּשׁ\׃\ \פya.Kusha fowlerH3353

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 6:5

  • Psalms 91:3

    Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

  • Psalms 124:7

    Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

  • Proverbs 1:17

    Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as a bird.
1:17; Ps 11:1; 124:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 6:4

    Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

  • Proverbs 6:5

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

  • Proverbs 6:6

    Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

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Proverbs 6:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Escápate como el corzo de la mano del cazador, y como el ave de la mano del parancero.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		dégage-toi, comme la gazelle, de la main du chasseur, et comme l’oiseau, de la main de l’oiseleur.
German
Elberfelder 1871		reiße dich los wie eine Gazelle aus der Hand, und wie ein Vogel aus der Hand des Vogelstellers.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Eruere quasi damula de manu, et quasi avis de manu aucupis.