Amos 5:19

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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Berean Standard Bible

It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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World English Bible

As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Amos 5

¹⁷ There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.

¹⁸ Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.

¹⁹ It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

²⁰ Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?

²¹ “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

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