KJV King James Version
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
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Amos 5:19
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
WEB World English Bible
As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.
ASV American Standard Version
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
As when one fleeth from the face of the lion, And the bear hath met him, And he hath come in to the house, And hath leant his hand on the wall, And the serpent hath bitten him.
Surrounding context — Amos 5
16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing [shall be] in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
17 And in all vineyards [shall be] wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end [is] it for you? the day of the LORD [is] darkness, and not light.
19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20 [Shall] not the day of the LORD [be] darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept [them]: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichיָנ֥וּסH5127 · nusto fleeאִישׁ֙H376 · ishmanמִפְּנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהָאֲרִ֔יH738 · a.rilionוּפְגָע֖וֹH6293 · pa.gato fall onהַדֹּ֑בH1677 · dovbearוּבָ֣אH935 · boto come (in): comeהַבַּ֔יִתH1004 · betplaceוְסָמַ֤ךְH5564 · sa.makhto supportיָדוֹ֙H3027 · yadhandעַל־H5921 · aluponהַקִּ֔ירH7023 · qirwallוּנְשָׁכ֖וֹH5391 · na.shakhto biteהַנָּחָֽשׁ׃H5175 · na.chashserpent
Cross-references
Isaiah 24:17-18Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [are] upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.Jeremiah 15:2-3And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as [are] for death, to death; and such as [are] for the sword, to the sword; and such as [are] for the famine, to the famine; and such as [are] for the captivity, to the captivity.Jeremiah 48:43-44Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [shall be] upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.Acts 28:4And when the barbarians saw the [venomous] beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.1 Kings 20:29-30And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And [so] it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.Job 20:24-25He shall flee from the iron weapon, [and] the bow of steel shall strike him through.Amos 9:1-2I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
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