Proverbs 6:5 - Compare All Versions
Proverbs 6:1-5 MSG (The Message)
Dear friend, if you’ve gone into hock with your neighbor or locked yourself into a deal with a stranger, If you’ve impulsively promised the shirt off your back and now find yourself shivering out in the cold, Friend, don’t waste a minute, get yourself out of that mess. You’re in that man’s clutches! Go, put on a long face; act desperate. Don’t procrastinate— there’s no time to lose. Run like a deer from the hunter, fly like a bird from the trapper!
Proverbs 6:5 KJV (King James Version)
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:5 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:5 NCV (New Century Version)
but free yourself like a deer running from a hunter, like a bird flying away from a trapper.
Proverbs 6:5 ASV (American Standard Version)
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:5 NIV (New International Version)
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:5 NKJV (New King James Version)
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:5 AMP (Amplified Bible)
Tear yourself away like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:5 NLT (New Living Translation)
Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter, like a bird fleeing from a net.
Proverbs 6:5 TPT (The Passion Translation)
Rescue yourself from future pain and be free from it once and for all. You’ll be so relieved that you did!
Proverbs 6:5 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.