Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,[a]
like a bird from a fowler’s trap.[b](A)

Laziness

Go to the ant,(B) you slacker!(C)
Observe its ways and become wise.
Without leader, administrator, or ruler,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:5 Lit hand
  2. Proverbs 6:5 Lit hand

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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