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Amos 5:19

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

Quomodo si fugiat vir a facie leonis, et occurrat ei ursus ; et ingrediatur domum, et innitatur manu sua super parietem, et mordeat eum coluber.

Vulgate

ὃν τρόπον ἐὰν φύγῃ ἄνθρωπος ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ λέοντος, καὶ ἐμπέσῃ αὐτῷ ἡ ἄρκος, καὶ εἰσπηδήσῃ εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπερείσηται τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν τοῖχον, καὶ δάκῃ αὐτὸν ὄφις.

LXX

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.

ASV

כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָנ֥וּס אִישׁ֙ מִ/פְּנֵ֣י הָ/אֲרִ֔י וּ/פְגָע֖/וֹ הַ/דֹּ֑ב וּ/בָ֣א הַ/בַּ֔יִת וְ/סָמַ֤ךְ יָד/וֹ֙ עַל הַ/קִּ֔יר וּ/נְשָׁכ֖/וֹ הַ/נָּחָֽשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אַרְיֵה֙
'ryh
noun · 81×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
דֻּבִּים֙
dbym
noun · 12×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
וֹ
v
verb · 16×
יִּפְגַּע
ypg'
verb · 46×
נָ֖סוּ
nsv
verb · 161×
נָּחָ֖שׁ
nchsh
noun · 31×
סָמַ֤ךְ
smk
verb · 48×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
קִּ֑יר
qyr
noun · 74×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 5:12 — And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
  • Acts 28:4 — And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
  • Eccl 10:8 — He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
  • Exod 14:25 — And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
  • Gen 32:6 — And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
  • Isa 24:17 — Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
  • Isa 24:18 — And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on
  • Jer 15:2 — And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the swor
  • Jer 15:2 — And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the swor
  • Jer 48:43 — Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 48:44 — He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith t
  • Job 20:24 — He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
  • Rev 13:2 — And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.