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Psalms 124:7

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

KJV

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

ASV

נַפְשֵׁ֗/נוּ כְּ/צִפּ֥וֹר נִמְלְטָה֮ מִ/פַּ֪ח י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥ים הַ/פַּ֥ח נִשְׁבָּ֗ר וַ/אֲנַ֥חְנוּ נִמְלָֽטְנוּ

Hebrew

Our soul as a bird hath escaped from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped.

YLT

Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
'nchnv
pronoun · 120×
ה
h
verb · 95×
י
y
noun · 752×
נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ
nshbrv
verb · 149×
נוֹקְשׁ֖וּ
nvqshv
verb · 8×
פָּ֑ח
pch
noun · 27×
צִּפֹּ֣ר
tspr
noun · 39×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:13 — There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to esca
  • 1Sam 23:26 — And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men roun
  • 1Sam 24:14 — After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
  • 1Sam 25:29 — Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as
  • 2Sam 17:2 — And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
  • 2Sam 17:21 — And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel co
  • 2Tim 2:26 — And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
  • 2Tim 2:26 — And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
  • Jer 5:26 — For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
  • Jer 18:22 — Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
  • Prov 6:5 — Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
  • Prov 6:5 — Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
  • Ps 25:15 — Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
  • Ps 25:15 — Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
  • Ps 31:4 — Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
  • Ps 91:3 — Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
  • Ps 91:3 — Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.