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

¶ Go to [a]the pismire, O sluggard: behold her ways, and be wise.

For she having no guide, governor, nor ruler,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:6 If the word of God cannot instruct thee, yet learn at the little pismire to labor for thyself and not to burden others.

Free yourself, like a gazelle(A) from the hand of the hunter,(B)
    like a bird from the snare of the fowler.(C)

Go to the ant, you sluggard;(D)
    consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,

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