Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

Amos 5:19

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

⋯

Commentary

2 voices

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨רka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
יָנ֥וּסya.Nushe fleesH5127 →
אִישׁ֙'ishsomeoneH376 →
מִפְּנֵ֣יmi.pe.Neifrom beforeH6440 →
הָאֲרִ֔יha.'a.Rithe lionH738 →
וּפְגָע֖וֹu.fe.ga.'Oand it meets himH6293 →
הַדֹּ֑בha.Dothe bearH1677 →
וּבָ֣אu.Va'and he goesH935 →
הַבַּ֔יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004 →
וְסָמַ֤ךְve.sa.Makhand he leansH5564 →
יָדוֹ֙ya.Dohand hisH3027 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
הַקִּ֔ירha.Kirthe wallH7023 →
וּנְשָׁכ֖וֹu.ne.sha.Khoand it bites himH5391 →
הַנָּחָֽשׁ׃ha.na.Chashthe snakeH5175 →

The walk

Related verses

18 strongest cross-references

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Isaiah 24:17–18Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.Job 20:24Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.Ecclesiastes 10:8He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.Jeremiah 15:2–3If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’Exodus 14:25He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”Acts 28:4When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”Jeremiah 48:43–44Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 15:2If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’Jeremiah 48:44“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.Genesis 32:6When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”Revelation 13:2The beast I saw was like a leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.Isaiah 24:18Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.1 Samuel 5:12Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.Amos 9:1–2I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.1 Kings 20:29–30For seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.Job 20:24–25Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.Jeremiah 11:11Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.Jeremiah 8:17“For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.

Featured studies on this passage

Pieter Lastman, Jonah and the Whale: the fifth of the Twelve, and the mercy that scandalized a prophet (Jonah 1-4).

Walks through Amos 5

The Twelve

Open the study →

Icon of the Prophet Amos — Anonymous (Russian icon painter)

Walks through Amos 5

Justice and Righteousness: Mishpat and Tsedaqah | MannaFest

Open the study →

The Great Day of His Wrath — John Martin

Walks through Amos 5

The Day of the LORD — yom YHWH

Open the study →

About Amos

The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Amos: the study guide →Read chapter 5 →The featured study →
Continue: Amos 5 →