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Proverbs 6:5
deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:5 · Darby Bible
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Proverbs 6:5 in other translations
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
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In context
2 thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:
5 deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:
7 which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
8 provideth her bread in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.
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