What Does the Bible Say About Gazelle?

1. #1Proverbs 6:5

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

   BSBFree yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

2. #2Deuteronomy 12:15

   Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

   BSBBut whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,

3. #3Isaiah 13:14

   And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

   BSBLike a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.

4. #4Proverbs 5:19

   Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

   BSBA loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.

5. #5Song of Solomon 4:5

   Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

   BSBYour breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.

6. #6Song of Solomon 2:7

   I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

   BSBO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

7. #7Song of Solomon 8:14

   Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

   BSBCome away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

8. #8Song of Solomon 2:9

   My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

   BSBMy beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.

9. #9Deuteronomy 14:5

   The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

   BSBthe deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

10. #10Song of Solomon 2:17

    Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

    BSBBefore the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.

11. #112 Samuel 2:18

    And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

    BSBThe three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,

12. #121 Kings 4:23

    Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.

    BSBten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.

13. #13Deuteronomy 12:22

    Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.

    BSBIndeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.

14. #14Song of Solomon 3:5

    I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

    BSBO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

15. #15Acts 9:36

    Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

    BSBIn Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.

16. #16Deuteronomy 15:22

    Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

    BSBEat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer.

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