Topic
Fowler
15 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Psalms 91:3Easton · ISBE
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
- Psalms 124:7Easton · ISBE
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
- Proverbs 6:5Easton · ISBE
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- Jeremiah 5:26Easton · ISBE
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
- Hosea 9:8Easton · ISBE
The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
- Deuteronomy 22:6Easton
¶ If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
- Deuteronomy 22:7Easton
But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
- Psalms 69:22Easton
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
- Proverbs 7:23Easton
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
- Proverbs 22:5Easton
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12Easton
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
- Ezekiel 17:20Easton
And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
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- Hosea 5:1 Easton
- Amos 3:5 Easton
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 11:30 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 14 references
The arts of, referred to Ps. 91:3; 124:7; Prov. 6:5; Jer. 5:26; Hos. 9:8; Ezek. 17:20; Eccl. 9:12. Birds of all kinds abound in Palestine, and the capture of these for the table and for other uses formed the employment of many persons. The traps and snares used for this purpose are mentioned Hos. 5:1; Prov. 7:23; 22:5; Amos 3:5; Ps. 69:22; comp. Deut. 22:6, 7.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
foul'-er (yoqesh): A professional birdcatcher. In the days previous to firearms, birds were captured with nets spread on the ground, in traps and snares. There was a method of taking young birds from a nest, raising them by hand, and when they had become very tame, they were confined in hidden cages so that their voices would call others of their kind to the spot and they could be killed by arrows of concealed bowmen or the use of the throw-stick (Ecclesiasticus 11:30) This was a stick 1 1/2 feet in length and 1/2 inches in diameter, hurled with a rotary motion at the legs of the birds and was very effective when thrown into flocks of ground birds, such as partridge or quail, especially if the birds were running up hill. There was also a practice of sewing a captured bird's eyelids together and confining it so that its cries would call large numbers of birds through curiosity and they could then be taken in the several ways mentioned. The fowlers supplied the demand for doves and other birds used for caged pets, and furnished the market with wild pigeons and doves for sacrifice and such small birds as were used for food. Ps 91:3: "For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler. And from the deadly pestilence."
This is David's promise that the Almighty will deliver us from the evil plans laid to ruin us, as a bird sometimes in its struggles slips the hair and escapes from the "snare" (which see) set for it. Ps 124:7:
"Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers:
The snare is broken, and we are escaped."
Here is the fulfillment of the former promise in a cry of rejoicing. Sometimes the snare held fast, sometimes it broke; then the joy in the heart of a freed man was like the wild exultation in the heart of the escaping bird. Pr 6:5:
"Deliver thyself as a roe from the hands. of the hunter.
And as a bird from the hand of the fowler."
With methods so primitive as these for taking birds, it must have occurred frequently that a stunned, wounded or entrapped bird slipped even from the hand that held it and made good its escape.
Jer 5:26: "For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men." Here is the plain comparison strongly drawn between wicked men entrapping their fellows and fowlers taking unsuspecting birds.
The last reference is in Ho 9:8: "Ephraim was a watchman with my God: as for the prophet, a fowler's snare is in all his ways, and enmity in the house of his God." Wherever he goes, the prophet is in danger of being trapped.
Gene Stratton-Porter
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.