Some Gadites(A) defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were brave warriors, ready for battle and able to handle the shield and spear. Their faces were the faces of lions,(B) and they were as swift as gazelles(C) in the mountains.

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And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

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Some Gadites [a]joined David at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for battle, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were (A)as swift as gazelles on the mountains:

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 12:8 Lit. separated themselves to

Free yourself, like a gazelle(A) from the hand of the hunter,(B)
    like a bird from the snare of the fowler.(C)

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Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
And like a bird from the hand of the [a]fowler.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:5 One who catches birds in a trap or snare

My beloved is like a gazelle(A) or a young stag.(B)
    Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
    peering through the lattice.

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My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

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(A)My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Behold, he stands behind our wall;
He is looking through the windows,
Gazing through the lattice.

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