Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Parallel translations
- WEB Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
- KJV Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- NKJV Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- NASB Save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- NLT Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter, like a bird fleeing from a net.
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Quick answer
Escape the entanglement swiftly, like a gazelle or bird darting from a hunter's trap. Pursue freedom with all speed.
Overview
The two images of a gazelle and a snared bird stress quick, decisive escape from the danger of suretyship. The hunter and fowler picture how easily one is caught and how vital it is to break free. The passage closes the warning by commending alert, urgent self-deliverance from foolish bonds.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Ps 91:3Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
- Ps 124:7We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
- Prov 1:17How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
- Ps 11:1For the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
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