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Proverbs 6:5-7
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 6:5-7
New Catholic Bible
5 Break free like a gazelle from a trap
or like a bird from the grasp of a fowler.
Contemplate the Ant, You Sluggard[a]
6 Contemplate the ant, you sluggard;[b]
observe its ways and gain wisdom.
7 Even though it has no chief,
no governor or ruler,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:6 Before the French writer La Fontaine, Job too was entranced by the life of animals. Here the ant becomes a teacher of virtue.
- Proverbs 6:6 Sluggard: an idler who refuses to work (see Prov 10:26; 13:4; 15:19; 19:24; 20:4; 22:13; 24:30; 26:13-16).
Proverbs 6:5-7
New International Version
Proverbs 6:5-7
New International Version
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle(A) from the hand of the hunter,(B)
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.(C)
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;(D)
consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
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