Amos 3:5 BSB — MannaFest

Amos 3:5

Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is set for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?

KJV

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Amos (420)

(Verse 3 onwards) Will two walk together unless they have agreed? Does a lion roar in the forest unless it has prey? Does a lion's cub give a cry from its den without capturing something? Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground without a trapper? Does a trap spring up from the ground before catching something? If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, has not the Lord caused it?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

When God has come forth to contend with a sinful people it is necessary that they should understand, 1. That it is their own sin that has entangled them; for can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth where no gin is for him?

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The foe corresponds to the "snare," suddenly springing from the ground and enclosing the bird on the latter touching it; the Hebrew is literally, "Shall the snare spring from the earth?" Israel entangled in judgments answers to the bird "taken."

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֲתִפֹּ֤ל	ha.ti.Pol	¿ does it fall	H5307 →
צִפּוֹר֙	tzi.pOr	a bird	H6833 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
פַּ֣ח	pach	<the> bird-trap of	H6341 →
הָאָ֔רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →
וּמוֹקֵ֖שׁ	u.mo.Kesh	and [is] a snare	H4170 →
אֵ֣ין	'ein	there not	H369 →
לָ֑הּ	Lah	for it
הֲיַֽעֲלֶה־	ha.ya.'a.leh-	¿ does it go up	H5927 →
פַּח֙	pach	a bird-trap	H6341 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה	ha.'a.da.Mah	the ground	H127 →
וְלָכ֖וֹד	ve.la.Khod	and surely <catch>	H3920 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִלְכּֽוֹד׃	yil.Kod	it catches [something]	H3920 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 31:28
Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
leads to
- Jeremiah 44:27
  I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 24:6
  I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
- Jeremiah 1:10
  See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
- Jeremiah 45:4
  Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.
Through
Ecclesiastes 9:12
For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3
  While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- Luke 21:34–36
  But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Ecclesiastes 8:5–7
  Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
Through
Daniel 9:14
Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.
leads to
- Daniel 9:7
  To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You…

About Amos

The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Amos

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Amos