Proverbs 6:5
Save yourself, like a deer that escapes from a deer hunter or like a bird that flees from a bird hunter.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
In Context
4Do not wait until tomorrow; go immediately! Do not rest until you go and talk with him.
Cross References
Psalms 91:3Yahweh will rescue you from all hidden traps and save you from deadly diseases.
Proverbs 1:17It is useless to put out a ◄trap/net to catch a bird► because when a bird sees it, it stays away from it.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:2-6
Cautions against Suretiship. 1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 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, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. It is… Read the whole commentary →