Parallel Verses
NET Bible
We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter's snare. The snare broke, and we escaped.
New American Standard Bible
The snare is broken and we have escaped.
King James Version
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Holman Bible
the net is torn, and we have escaped.
International Standard Version
We have escaped like a bird from the hunter's trap. The trap has been broken, and we have escaped.
A Conservative Version
Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
American Standard Version
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Amplified
We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers;
The trap is broken and we have escaped.
Darby Translation
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
Julia Smith Translation
Our soul as a sparrow was delivered from the snare of the fowlers: the snare was broken and we were delivered.
King James 2000
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Our soul has escaped like a bird from [the] snare of fowlers. The snare [is] broken, and we have escaped.
Modern King James verseion
Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Our soul is escaped, even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler; the snare is broken and we are delivered.
New Heart English Bible
Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
The Emphasized Bible
Our soul, as a bird, hath escaped from the snare of the fowlers, The snare, is broken, and, we, are escaped:
Webster
Our soul hath escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
World English Bible
Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
Youngs Literal Translation
Our soul as a bird hath escaped from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped.
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 124:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Lord Is On Our Side
6 The Lord deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth. 7 We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter's snare. The snare broke, and we escaped. 8 Our deliverer is the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth.
Cross References
Psalm 91:3
he will certainly rescue you from the snare of the hunter and from the destructive plague.
Proverbs 6:5
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.
1 Samuel 24:14-15
Who has the king of Israel come out after? Who is it that you are pursuing? A dead dog? A single flea?
1 Samuel 25:29
When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling's pocket!
Psalm 25:15
I continually look to the Lord for help, for he will free my feet from the enemy's net.
1 Samuel 23:26-27
Saul went on one side of the mountain, while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men so they could capture them.
2 Samuel 17:2
When I catch up with him he will be exhausted and worn out. I will rout him, and the entire army that is with him will flee. I will kill only the king
2 Samuel 17:21-22
After the men had left, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed out of the well. Then they left and informed King David. They advised David, "Get up and cross the stream quickly, for Ahithophel has devised a plan to catch you."
Jeremiah 5:26
"Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.
Jeremiah 18:22
Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.
2 Timothy 2:26
and they will come to their senses and escape the devil's trap where they are held captive to do his will.