Amos 3:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Doth a bird fall into a snare of the earth, And there is no gin for it? Doth a snare go up from the ground, And prey it captureth not?

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 9:12 : 12 For even man knoweth not his time; as fish that are taken hold of by an evil net, and as birds that are taken hold of by a snare, like these `are' the sons of man snared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.
  • Jer 31:28 : 28 And it hath been, as I watched over them to pluck up, And to break down, and to throw down, And to destroy, and to afflict; So do I watch over them to build, and to plant, An affirmation of Jehovah.
  • Dan 9:14 : 14 And Jehovah doth watch for the evil, and bringeth it upon us, for righteous `is' Jehovah our God concerning all His works that He hath done, and we have not hearkened to His voice.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Amos 3:4
    80%

    4Roar doth a lion in a forest and prey he hath none? Give out doth a young lion his voice from his habitation, If he hath not caught?

  • Job 18:8-10
    3 verses
    79%

    8For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.

    9Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing.

    10Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.

  • Prov 1:17
    77%

    17Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.

  • Amos 3:6
    73%

    6Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done `it'?

  • Prov 7:23
    72%

    23Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it `is' for its life.

  • Ps 141:9
    72%

    9Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.

  • Eccl 9:12
    72%

    12For even man knoweth not his time; as fish that are taken hold of by an evil net, and as birds that are taken hold of by a snare, like these `are' the sons of man snared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.

  • Prov 6:5
    71%

    5Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.

  • Ps 124:7
    71%

    7Our soul as a bird hath escaped from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped.

  • Job 28:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7A path -- not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,

    8Nor trodden it have the sons of pride, Not passed over it hath the fierce lion.

  • Job 22:10
    71%

    10Therefore round about thee `are' snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.

  • Ps 10:9
    70%

    9He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.

  • Jer 5:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture.

    27As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.

  • Ps 140:5
    70%

    5The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.

  • Isa 10:14
    70%

    14And my hand as to a nest Getteth to the wealth of the peoples, And as a gathering of forsaken eggs All the earth I -- I have gathered, And there hath not been one moving wing, Or opening mouth, or whispering.'

  • Job 40:24
    70%

    24Before his eyes doth `one' take him, With snares doth `one' pierce the nose?

  • Obad 1:5
    70%

    5If thieves have come in to thee, If spoilers of the night, How hast thou been cut off! Do they not steal their sufficiency? If gatherers have come in to thee, Do they not leave gleanings?

  • Ps 35:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

    8Meet him doth desolation -- he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.

  • Ps 9:15
    70%

    15Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.

  • Isa 24:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17Fear, and a snare, and a gin, `Are' on thee, O inhabitant of the land.

    18And it hath come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear Doth fall into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the gin, For windows on high have been opened, And shaken are foundations of the land.

  • Isa 29:21
    69%

    21Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.

  • Job 38:39-40
    2 verses
    69%

    39Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?

    40When they bow down in dens -- Abide in a thicket for a covert?

  • Ps 7:15
    69%

    15A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.

  • Jer 17:11
    69%

    11A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, `Is' one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.

  • Hab 1:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14And Thou makest man as fishes of the sea, As a creeping thing -- none ruling over him.

    15Each of them with a hook he hath brought up, He doth catch it in his net, and gathereth it in his drag, Therefore he doth joy and rejoice.

  • Eccl 10:8
    68%

    8Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

  • Job 28:21
    68%

    21It hath been hid from the eyes of all living. And from the fowl of the heavens It hath been hidden.

  • Amos 5:19
    68%

    19As `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.

  • Job 5:5
    68%

    5Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.

  • Ps 57:6
    68%

    6A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.

  • Job 41:5
    68%

    5Dost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels?

  • Prov 29:6
    68%

    6In the transgression of the evil `is' a snare, And the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

  • Jer 50:24
    67%

    24I have laid a snare for thee, And also -- thou art captured, O Babylon, And thou -- thou hast known, Thou hast been found, and also art caught, For against Jehovah thou hast stirred thyself up.

  • Job 39:26-27
    2 verses
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    26By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?

    27At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?

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    67%

    3For He delivereth thee from the snare of a fowler, From a calamitous pestilence.

  • Prov 26:2
    67%

    2As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.

  • Hab 3:17
    67%

    17Though the fig-tree doth not flourish, And there is no produce among vines, Failed hath the work of the olive, And fields have not yielded food, Cut off from the fold hath been the flock, And there is no herd in the stalls.

  • Hab 1:17
    67%

    17Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?

  • Prov 22:5
    67%

    5Thorns -- snares `are' in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.

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    67%

    3Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And -- I have spread out for thee My net, With an assembly of many peoples, And they have brought thee up in My net.

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    67%

    13And I have spread My net for him, and he hath been caught in My snare, and I have brought him in to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, and it he doth not see -- and there doth he die.