Proverbs 6:3
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Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
In other translations
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
Hebrew words
עֲשֵׂה'asehdoH6213זֹאתzotthisH2063אֵפוֹא׀'efo'thenH645בְּנִיbeniO son myH1121וְהִנָּצֵלvehinatzeland deliver yourselfH5337כִּיkiforH3588בָאתָvatayou have comeH935בְכַף־vekhaf-in [the] palm ofH3709רֵעֶךָre'ekhaneighbor yourH7453לֵךְlekhgoH1980הִתְרַפֵּסhitrapeshumble yourselfH7511וּרְהַבurehavand importuneH7292רֵעֶיךָ׃re'eikhaneighbor yourH7453
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- James 4:10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
- 2 Samuel 24:14And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
- Psalm 31:8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
- 2 Chronicles 36:12And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord.And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 12:5Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”
- Exodus 10:3And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
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