Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
WEB
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
YLT
Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
DBT
deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.