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

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

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

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.

The sailors were terrified when they heard this, for he had already told them he was running away from the Lord.“ Oh, why did you do it?” they groaned.And since the storm was getting worse all the time, they asked him,“ What should we do to you to stop this storm?”“ Throw me into the sea,” Jonah said,“ and it will become calm again. I know that this terrible storm is all my fault.”Instead, the sailors rowed even harder to get the ship to the land. But the stormy sea was too violent for them, and they couldn’t make it.Then they cried out to the Lord, Jonah’s God.“ O Lord,” they pleaded,“ don’t make us die for this man’s sin. And don’t hold us responsible for his death. O Lord, you have sent this storm upon him for your own good reasons.”Then the sailors picked Jonah up and threw him into the raging sea, and the storm stopped at once!The sailors were awestruck by the Lord’s great power, and they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him.Now the Lord had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

The women of Moab are left like homeless birds at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River.

One day the prophet Gad told David,“ Leave the stronghold and return to the land of Judah.” So David went to the forest of Hereth.

The person who strays from common sense will end up in the company of the dead.

But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord. He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the Lord by sailing to Tarshish.

Abram replied,“ Look, she is your servant, so deal with her as you see fit.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she finally ran away.The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road to Shur.The angel said to her,“ Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?”“ I’m running away from my mistress, Sarai,” she replied.

She lays her eggs on top of the earth, letting them be warmed in the dust.She doesn’t worry that a foot might crush them or a wild animal might destroy them.She is harsh toward her young, as if they were not her own. She doesn’t care if they die.

But I replied,“ Should someone in my position run from danger? Should someone in my position enter the Temple to save his life? No, I won’t do it!”I realized that God had not spoken to him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.They were hoping to intimidate me and make me sin. Then they would be able to accuse and discredit me.

There he came to a cave, where he spent the night. But the Lord said to him,“ What are you doing here, Elijah?”

Yes, each of you should remain as you were when God called you.

Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse will not land on its intended victim.

So Cain left the Lord’s presence and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

They are like wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their shameful deeds. They are like wandering stars, doomed forever to blackest darkness.

But David kept thinking to himself,“ Someday Saul is going to get me. The best thing I can do is escape to the Philistines. Then Saul will stop hunting for me in Israelite territory, and I will finally be safe.”So David took his 600 men and went over and joined Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.David and his men and their families settled there with Achish at Gath. David brought his two wives along with him— Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, Nabal’s widow from Carmel.Word soon reached Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped hunting for him.One day David said to Achish,“ If it is all right with you, we would rather live in one of the country towns instead of here in the royal city.”So Achish gave him the town of Ziklag( which still belongs to the kings of Judah to this day),and they lived there among the Philistines for a year and four months.David and his men spent their time raiding the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites— people who had lived near Shur, toward the land of Egypt, since ancient times.David did not leave one person alive in the villages he attacked. He took the sheep, goats, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing before returning home to see King Achish.“ Where did you make your raid today?” Achish would ask. And David would reply,“ Against the south of Judah, the Jerahmeelites, and the Kenites.”No one was left alive to come to Gath and tell where he had really been. This happened again and again while he was living among the Philistines.Achish believed David and thought to himself,“ By now the people of Israel must hate him bitterly. Now he will have to stay here and serve me forever!”