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Amos 3:5

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?

KJV

numquid cadet avis in laqueum terræ absque aucupe ? numquid auferetur laqueus de terra antequam quid ceperit ?

Vulgate

εἰ πεσεῖται ὄρνεον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἄνευ ἰξευτοῦ; εἰ σχασθήσεται παγὶς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἄνευ τοῦ συλλαβεῖν τι;

LXX

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?

ASV

הֲ/תִפֹּ֤ל צִפּוֹר֙ עַל פַּ֣ח הָ/אָ֔רֶץ וּ/מוֹקֵ֖שׁ אֵ֣ין לָ֑/הּ הֲ/יַֽעֲלֶה פַּח֙ מִן הָ֣/אֲדָמָ֔ה וְ/לָכ֖וֹד לֹ֥א יִלְכּֽוֹד

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
הּ
h
verb · 121×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מוֹקֵֽשׁ
mvqsh
noun · 27×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פָּ֑ח
pch
noun · 27×
צִּפֹּ֣ר
tspr
noun · 39×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 9:14 — Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
  • Eccl 9:12 — For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly u
  • Jer 31:28 — And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant,
  • Ps 91:3 — Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.