Anyone who runs away from home is like a bird that flies away from its nest.

人离本处飘流，好像雀鸟离窝游飞。

人离故乡漂泊，就像雀鸟离窝四处飞翔。

人离故乡漂泊，就像雀鸟离窝四处飞翔。

离乡背井的人就像离巢的飞鸟。

离家的人到处飘泊，好像离巢的雀鸟到处游飞一样。

人离开自己的地方漂泊，就像雀鸟离开自己的窝巢漂游。

人離本處飄流，好像雀鳥離窩遊飛。

人離故鄉漂泊，就像雀鳥離窩四處飛翔。

人離故鄉漂泊，就像雀鳥離窩四處飛翔。

離鄉背井的人就像離巢的飛鳥。

離家的人到處飄泊，好像離巢的雀鳥到處遊飛一樣。

人怎樣離本處而飄遊，鳥兒也怎樣離窩而遊飛。

人離開自己的地方漂泊，就像雀鳥離開自己的窩巢漂游。

人離家而遠遊、如鳥離巢而飛翔、

人遊遠方、如鳥離巢。

人而離家遠遊、如鳥離巢飛翔、

Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from home.

Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.

A person who strays from home is like a bird that strays from its nest.

Anyone wandering from his home is like a bird wandering from its nest.

Like a bird that wanders from its nest, So is a person who wanders from his home.

Like a bird that wanders from its nest Is a man who wanders from his place.

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.

A man wandering from his home is like a bird wandering from its nest.

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so[ is] a man that wandereth from his place.

Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.

As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.

They found out he was running away from the Lord. That’s because he had told them. Then they became terrified. So they asked him,“ How could you do a thing like that?”The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him,“ What should we do to you to make the sea calm down?”“ Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied.“ Then it will become calm. I know it’s my fault that this terrible storm has come on you.”But the men didn’t do what he said. Instead, they did their best to row back to land. But they couldn’t. The sea got even rougher than before.Then they cried out to the Lord. They prayed,“ Please, Lord, don’t let us die for taking this man’s life. After all, he might not be guilty of doing anything wrong. So don’t hold us responsible for killing him. Lord, you always do what you want to.”Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard. And the stormy sea became calm.The men saw what had happened. Then they began to have great respect for the Lord. They offered a sacrifice to him. And they made promises to him.Now the Lord sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.

The women of Moab are at the places where people go across the Arnon River. They are like birds that flap their wings when they are pushed from their nest.

But the prophet Gad spoke to David. He said,“ Don’t stay in your usual place of safety. Go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

Whoever leaves the path of understanding ends up with those who are dead.

But Jonah ran away from the Lord. He headed for Tarshish. So he went down to the port of Joppa. There he found a ship that was going to Tarshish. He paid the fare and went on board. Then he sailed for Tarshish. He was running away from the Lord.

“ Your slave belongs to you,” Abram said.“ Do with her what you think is best.” Then Sarai treated Hagar badly. So Hagar ran away from her.The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring of water in the desert. The spring was beside the road to Shur.The angel said,“ Hagar, you are Sarai’s slave. Where have you come from? Where are you going?”“ I’m running away from my owner Sarai,” she answered.

Ostriches lay their eggs on the ground. They let them get warm in the sand.They do not know that something might step on them. A wild animal might walk all over them.Ostriches are mean to their little ones. They treat them as if they did not belong to them. They do not care that their work was useless.

But I said,“ Should a man like me run away? Should someone like me go into the temple just to save his life? No! I won’t go!”I realized that God hadn’t sent Shemaiah. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. That’s why he had prophesied lies about me.They had hired him to scare me. They wanted me to commit a sin by doing what he said. That would give me a bad name in the community. People would find fault with me and my work.

There he went into a cave and spent the night. A message came to Elijah from the Lord. He said,“ Elijah, what are you doing here?”

Each of you should stay as you were when God chose you.

A curse given for no reason is like a wandering bird or a flying sparrow. It doesn’t go anywhere.

So Cain went away from the Lord. He lived in the land of Nod. It was east of Eden.

They are like wild waves of the sea. Their shame rises up like foam. They are like falling stars. God has reserved a place of very black darkness for them forever.

David thought,“ Some day Saul will destroy me. So the best thing I can do is escape. I’ll go to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop looking for me everywhere in Israel. His hand won’t be able to reach me.”So David and his 600 men left Israel. They went to Achish, the king of Gath. He was the son of Maok.David and his men made their homes in Gath near Achish. Each of David’s men had his family with him. David had his two wives with him. They were Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail from Carmel. Abigail was Nabal’s widow.Saul was told that David had run away to Gath. So he didn’t look for David anymore.David said to Achish,“ If you are pleased with me, give me a place in one of your country towns. I can live there. I don’t really need to live near you in the royal city.”So on that day Achish gave David the town of Ziklag. It has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since that time.David lived in Philistine territory for a year and four months.Sometimes David and his men would go up and attack the Geshurites. At other times they would attack the Girzites or the Amalekites. All those people had lived in the land that reached all the way to Shur and Egypt. They had been there for a long time.When David would attack an area, he wouldn’t leave a man or woman alive. But he would take their sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels and clothes. Then he would return to Achish.Achish would ask,“ Who did you attack today?” David would answer,“ The people who live in the Negev Desert of Judah.” Or he would answer,“ The people in the Negev Desert of Jerahmeel.” Or he would answer,“ The people in the Negev Desert of the Kenites.”David wouldn’t leave a man or woman alive to be brought back to Gath. He thought,“ They might tell on us. They might tell Achish who we really attacked.” That’s what David did as long as he lived in Philistine territory.Achish trusted David. He thought,“ David’s own people, the Israelites, can’t stand him anymore. So he’ll be my servant for life.”