King James Version
Proverbs 6:5 in the King James Version says “Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.”
Proverbs 6:5 · KJV
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. and make: or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“from the hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“from the hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“of the fowler”
H3353properly, entangled, i.e., by implication (intransitively) a snare, or (transitive) a snarer
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