Proverbs 6:5

Be thou ravished, as a doe from the hand; and as a bird from [the] ambushings of the fowler. (Be thou released, like a doe from the hand of the hunter; and like a bird from the ambush of the fowler.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

4give thou not sleep to thine eyes, neither (let) thine eyelids nap.

6O! thou slow man (or O thou lazy one!), go to the ant; and behold thou his ways, and learn thou wisdom.

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Cross References

Psalms 91:3For he delivered me from the snare of hunters; and from a sharp word. (For he shall save me from the hunter’s snare; and from a sharp word.)

Proverbs 1:17But a net is laid in vain before the eyes of birds, that have wings.

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 →

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