Amos 5:19

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 24:17-18 : 17 Fear, and a snare, and a gin, `Are' on thee, O inhabitant of the land. 18 And 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.
  • Jer 15:2-3 : 2 And it hath come to pass, when they say to thee, Whither do we go out? that thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah: Those who `are' for death -- to death, And those who are for the sword, to the sword, And those who are for famine, to famine, And those who are for captivity, to captivity. 3 And I have appointed over them four kinds, an affirmation of Jehovah, The sword to slay, and the dogs to drag, And the fowl of the heavens, And the beast of the earth, to consume and to devour.
  • Jer 48:43-44 : 43 Fear, and a snare, and a gin, `are' for thee, O inhabitant of Moab -- an affirmation of Jehovah, 44 Whoso is fleeing because of the fear falleth into the snare, And whoso is coming up from the snare is captured by the gin, For I bring in unto her -- unto Moab -- The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.
  • Amos 9:1-2 : 1 I have seen the Lord standing by the altar, and He saith: `Smite the knob, and the thresholds shake, And cut them off by the head -- all of them, And their posterity with a sword I do slay, Not flee to them doth the fleer, Nor escape to them doth a fugitive. 2 If they dig through into sheol, From thence doth My hand take them, And if they go up the heavens, From thence I cause them to come down.
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 And when the foreigners saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said unto one another, `Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, having been saved out of the sea, the justice did not suffer to live;'
  • 1 Kgs 20:29-30 : 29 And they encamp one over-against another seven days, and it cometh to pass on the seventh day, that the battle draweth near, and the sons of Israel smite Aram -- a hundred thousand footmen in one day. 30 And those left flee to Aphek, unto the city, and the wall falleth on twenty and seven chief men who are left, and Ben-Hadad hath fled, and cometh in unto the city, into the innermost part.
  • Job 20:24-25 : 24 He fleeth from an iron weapon, Pass through him doth a bow of brass. 25 One hath drawn, And it cometh out from the body, And a glittering weapon from his gall proceedeth. On him `are' terrors.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Amos 5:20
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    20Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness?

  • Amos 5:18
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    18Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why `is' this to you -- the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,

  • Lam 3:10-11
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    10A bear lying in wait He `is' to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.

    11My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.

  • Eccl 10:8-9
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    74%

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

    9Whoso is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoso is cleaving trees endangered by them.

  • Prov 17:12
    73%

    12The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly.

  • Jer 5:6
    73%

    6Therefore smitten them hath a lion out of the forest, A wolf of the deserts doth spoil them, A leopard is watching over their cities, Every one who is going out of them is torn, For many have been their transgressions, Mighty have been their backslidings.

  • 1 Kgs 20:36-37
    2 verses
    72%

    36and he saith to him, `Because that thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, lo, thou art going from me, and the lion hath smitten thee;' and he goeth from him, and the lion findeth him, and smiteth him.

    37And he findeth another man, and saith, `Smite me, I pray thee;' and the man smiteth him, smiting and wounding,

  • Isa 11:8
    71%

    8And played hath a suckling by the hole of an asp, And on the den of a cockatrice Hath the weaned one put his hand.

  • Ezek 19:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5And she seeth, that stayed -- perished hath her hope, And she taketh one of her whelps, A young lion she hath made it.

    6And it goeth up and down in the midst of lions, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.

  • Jer 8:17
    71%

    17For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Prov 22:13
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    13The slothful hath said, `A lion `is' without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

  • Ps 17:12
    70%

    12His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.

  • Prov 6:5
    70%

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

  • Hos 13:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7And I am to them as a lion, As a leopard by the way I look out.

    8I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart.

  • Prov 28:15
    70%

    15A growling lion, and a ranging bear, `Is' the wicked ruler over a poor people.

  • Job 12:5
    70%

    5A torch -- despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.

  • 1 Pet 5:8
    70%

    8Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

  • Prov 26:13
    70%

    13The slothful hath said, `A lion `is' in the way, A lion `is' in the broad places.'

  • Prov 23:32
    70%

    32Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.

  • 1 Kgs 13:24-26
    3 verses
    70%

    24and he goeth, and a lion findeth him in the way, and putteth him to death, and his carcase is cast in the way, and the ass is standing near it, and the lion is standing near the carcase.

    25And lo, men are passing by, and see the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing near the carcase, and they come and speak `of it' in the city in which the old prophet is dwelling.

    26And the prophet who brought him back out of the way heareth and saith, `It `is' the man of God who provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth him to the lion, and it destroyeth him, and putteth him to death, according to the word of Jehovah that he spake to him.'

  • Nah 2:11-12
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    69%

    11Where `is' the habitation of lionesses? And a feeding-place it `is' for young lions Where walked hath a lion, an old lion, A lion's whelp, and there is none troubling.

    12The lion is tearing parts `for' his whelps, And is strangling for his lionesses, And he doth fill `with' prey his holes, And his habitations `with' rapine.

  • Jer 25:38
    69%

    38He hath forsaken, as a young lion, His covert, Surely their land hath become a desolation, Because of the oppressing fierceness, And because of the fierceness of His anger!

  • Ezek 14:15
    69%

    15`If an evil beast I cause to pass through the land, and it hath bereaved, and it hath been a desolation, without any passing through because of the beast --

  • Isa 5:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29Its roaring `is' like a lioness, It roareth like young lions, And it howleth, and seizeth prey, And carrieth away safely, and there is none delivering.

    30And it howleth against it in that day as the howling of a sea, And it hath looked attentively to the land, And lo, darkness -- distress, And light hath been darkened by its abundance!

  • Joel 1:6
    69%

    6For a nation hath come up on my land, Strong, and there is no number, Its teeth `are' the teeth of a lion, And it hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

  • Eccl 10:11
    69%

    11If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.

  • Jer 12:5
    69%

    5For -- with footmen thou hast run, And they weary thee, And how dost thou fret thyself with horses! Even in the land of peace, `In which' thou art confident -- And how dost thou in the rising of Jordan!

  • Amos 3:4
    69%

    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?

  • Deut 19:5
    69%

    5even he who cometh in with his neighbour into a forest to hew wood, and his hand hath driven with an axe to cut the tree, and the iron hath slipped from the wood, and hath met his neighbour, and he hath died -- he doth flee unto one of these cities, and hath lived,

  • Prov 7:23
    69%

    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.

  • Prov 28:1
    69%

    1The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

  • Job 20:16
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    16Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.

  • Jer 4:7
    69%

    7Gone up hath a lion from his thicket, And a destroyer of nations hath journeyed, He hath come forth from his place To make thy land become a desolation, Thy cities are laid waste, without inhabitant.

  • Obad 1:5
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    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?

  • Job 39:15
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    15And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.

  • Job 28:8
    68%

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

  • Job 18:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    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.

  • Acts 28:5
    68%

    5he then, indeed, having shaken off the beast into the fire, suffered no evil,

  • 2 Kgs 17:25
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    25and it cometh to pass, at the commencement of their dwelling there, they have not feared Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send among them the lions, and they are destroying among them.

  • Ps 10:9
    68%

    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.