Proverbs 6:5

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

…snatch yourself like a gazelle from the hand, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Latin

Eruere quasi damula de manu, et quasi avis de manu aucupis.

Hebrew

English

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

free yourself: The risk of disaster is so high that escaping is a matter of life and death, like animals trapped.

To secure someone else's debt means to use your own possessions as a guarantee. Whether you do this to gain a friend's goodwill or to profit from a stranger (see Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:36–37; Deuteronomy 23:19–20), the risk is too high. It could lead to financial ruin. This warning is repeated in Proverbs 11:15; 17:18; 20:16; 22:26; 27:13.

Psalm 91:3
Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
Psalm 124:7
We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
Proverbs 1:17
How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
Psalm 11:1
For the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!