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Proverbs 6:3

NETBible	then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself,¹ because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power:² go, humble yourself,³ and appeal firmly⁴ to your neighbor.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 6:3	then do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbour’s hands: Go and humble yourself; press your plea with your neighbour!
NASB © biblegateway Pro 6:3	Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself; Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor, Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 6:3	quick, get out of it if you possibly can! You have placed yourself at your friend’s mercy. Now swallow your pride; go and beg to have your name erased.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 6:3	Friend, don't waste a minute, get yourself out of that mess. You're in that man's clutches! Go, put on a long face; act desperate.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 6:3	Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 6:3	So do this, my child, and save yourself, for you have come into your neighbor’s power: go, hurry, and plead with your neighbor.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 6:3	So do this, my son, and deliver yourself; For you have come into the hand of your friend: Go and humble yourself; Plead with your friend.
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KJV	Do <06213> (8798) this now <0645>_, my son <01121>_, and deliver <05337> (8734) thyself, when thou art come <0935> (8804) into the hand <03709> of thy friend <07453>_; go <03212> (8798)_, humble <07511> (8690) thyself, and make sure <07292> (8798) thy friend <07453>_. {and make...: or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 6:3	Do <06213> this <0384> then <0645> , my son <01121> , and deliver <05337> yourself <05337> ; Since <03588> you have come <0935> into the hand <03709> of your neighbor <07453> , Go <01980> , humble <07511> yourself, and importune <07292> your neighbor <07453> .
LXXM	poiei <4160> V-PAD-2S uie <5207> N-VSM a <3739> R-APN egw <1473> P-NS soi <4771> P-DS entellomai <1781> V-PMI-1S kai <2532> CONJ swzou <4982> V-PMD-2S hkeiv <1854> V-PAI-2S gar <1063> PRT eiv <1519> PREP ceirav <5495> N-APF kakwn <2556> A-GPM dia <1223> PREP son <4674> A-ASM filon <5384> A-ASM iyi <1510> V-PAD-2S mh <3165> ADV ekluomenov <1590> V-PMPNS paroxune <3947> V-PAD-2S de <1161> PRT kai <2532> CONJ ton <3588> T-ASM filon <5384> A-ASM sou <4771> P-GS on <3739> R-ASM eneguhsw {V-AMI-2S}
NET [draft] ITL	then <0645> , my child <01121> , do <06213> this <02063> in order to deliver <05337> yourself, because <03588> you have fallen <0935> into your neighbor’s <07453> power <03709> : go <01980> , humble yourself <07511> , and appeal firmly <07292> to your neighbor <07453> .
HEBREW	Kyer <07453> bhrw <07292> oprth <07511> Kl <01980> Ker <07453> Pkb <03709> tab <0935> yk <03588> lunhw <05337> ynb <01121> awpa <0645> taz <02063> hve (6:3) <06213>

NETBible

then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself,¹ because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power:² go, humble yourself,³ and appeal firmly⁴ to your neighbor.

NET Notes

¹tn The syntactical construction of imperative followed by an imperative + vav consecutive denotes purpose: “in order to be delivered.” The verb means “to deliver oneself, be delivered” in the Niphal. The image is one of being snatched or plucked quickly out of some danger or trouble, in the sense of a rescue, as in a “brand snatched [Hophal stem] from the fire” (Zech 3:2).

²tn Heb “have come into the hand of your neighbor” (so NASB; cf. KJV, ASV). The idiom using the “hand” means that the individual has come under the control or the power of someone else. This particular word for hand is used to play ironically on its first occurrence in v. 1.

³tn In the Hitpael the verb רָפַס (rafas) means “to stamp oneself down” or “to humble oneself” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV). BDB 952 s.v. Hithp suggests “become a suppliant.” G. R. Driver related it to the Akkadian cognate rapasu, “trample,” and interpreted as trampling oneself, swallowing pride, being unremitting in effort (“Some Hebrew Verbs, Nouns, and Pronouns,” JTS 30 [1929]: 374).

⁴tn Heb “be bold.” The verb רָהַב (rahav) means “to act stormily; to act boisterously; to act arrogantly.” The idea here is a strong one: storm against (beset, importune) your neighbor. The meaning is that he should be bold and not take no for an answer. Cf. NIV “press your plea”; TEV “beg him to release you.”