King James Version

Proverbs 6:5

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

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הִ֭נָּצֵלhinatseldefendנָצַלverb, niphal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “defend”, a commandH5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).כִּצְבִ֣יkitsvias beautifulצְבִיpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “as beautiful”, the ordinary formH6643splendor (as conspicuous); also a gazelle (as beautiful)beautiful(-ty), glorious (-ry), goodly, pleasant, roe(-buck).מִיָּ֑דmiyadfrom handיָדpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “from hand”, the ordinary formH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […וּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹרukhetsiporand as birdצִפּוֹרconjunction, preposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “and as bird”, the ordinary formH6833a little bird (as hopping)bird, fowl, sparrow.מִיַּ֥דmiyadfrom handיָדpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “from hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […יָקֽוּשׁyaqushsnareיָקוּשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “snare”, the ordinary formH3353properly, entangled, i.e. by implication (intransitively) a snare, or (transitive) a snarerfowler, snare.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

that thou mayest deliver thyself as a doe out of the toils, and as a bird out of a snare.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἵνα σώζῃ ὥσπερ δορκὰς ἐκ βρόχων, καὶ ὥσπερ ὄρνεον ἐκ παγίδος.