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Amos 3:8

The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

KJV

Leo rugiet, quis non timebit ? Dominus Deus locutus est, quis non prophetabit ?

Vulgate

λέων ἐρεύξεται, καὶ τίς οὐ φοβηθήσεται; Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἐλάλησεν, καὶ τίς οὐ προφητεύσει;

LXX

The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy?

ASV

אַרְיֵ֥ה שָׁאָ֖ג מִ֣י לֹ֣א יִירָ֑א אֲדֹנָ֤/י יְהוִה֙ דִּבֶּ֔ר מִ֖י לֹ֥א יִנָּבֵֽא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַרְיֵה֙
'ryh
noun · 81×
הִנָּבֵ֖א
hnb'
verb · 114×
י
y
noun · 440×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהוִ֔ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 305×
יִשְׁאָ֔ג
ysh'g
verb · 20×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:16 — For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
  • 1Cor 9:16 — For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
  • 1Pet 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Acts 4:20 — For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
  • Acts 5:20 — Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
  • Acts 5:29 — Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
  • Amos 1:2 — And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
  • Amos 2:12 — But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
  • Amos 3:4 — Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
  • Amos 3:4 — Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
  • Amos 7:12 — Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
  • Hos 11:10 — They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
  • Isa 31:4 — For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor aba
  • Jer 20:9 — Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay
  • Job 32:18 — For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
  • Joel 3:16 — The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Is
  • Jonah 1:1 — Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
  • Jonah 3:1 — And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
  • Num 23:24 — Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
  • Prov 20:2 — The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
  • Ps 50:1 — The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
  • Rev 5:5 — And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.