Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation It will be like someone who runs from a lion and meets a bear! Or like someone who comes home and puts his hand on the wall--only to be bitten by a snake! New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him: or enter into the house, and lean with his hand upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him. As if. Amos 9:1,2 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say: Thy God, O Dan, liveth: and the way of Bersabee liveth: and they shall fall, and shall rise no more. . . . 1 Kings 20:29,30 And both sides set their armies in array one against the other seven days, and on the seventh day the battle was fought: and the children of Israel slew, of the Syrians, a hundred thousand footmen in one day. . . . Job 20:24,25 He shall flee from weapons of iron, and shall fall upon a bow of brass. . . . Isaiah 24:17,18 Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, O thou inhabitant of the earth. . . . Jeremiah 15:2,3 And if they shall say unto thee: Whither shall we go forth? thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: Such as are for death, to death: and such as are for the sword, to the sword: and such as are for famine, to famine: and such as are for captivity, to captivity. . . . Jeremiah 48:43,44 Fear, and the pit, and the snare come upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord. . . . Acts 28:4 And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging on his hand, they said one to another: Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, who, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance doth not suffer him to live. Context The Day of the LORD…18Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. 19As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him: or enter into the house, and lean with his hand upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.20Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light: and obscurity, and no brightness in it?… Cross References Deuteronomy 32:24 They shall be consumed with famine, and birds shall devour them with a most bitter bite: I will send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the fury of creatures that trail upon the ground, and of serpents. Job 20:24 He shall flee from weapons of iron, and shall fall upon a bow of brass. Ecclesiastes 10:8 He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him. Isaiah 24:17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, O thou inhabitant of the earth. Isaiah 24:18 And it shall come to pass, that he that shall flee from the noise of the fear, shall fall into the pit: and he that shall rid himself out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for the flood-gates from on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth shall be shaken. Jeremiah 15:2 And if they shall say unto thee: Whither shall we go forth? thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: Such as are for death, to death: and such as are for the sword, to the sword: and such as are for famine, to famine: and such as are for captivity, to captivity. Jeremiah 15:3 And I will visit them with four kinds, saith the Lord: The sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy. Jeremiah 48:44 He that shall flee from the fear, shall fall into the pit: and he that shall get up out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon Moab the year of their visitation, saith the Lord. Jump to Previous Bear Bit Bite Bites Bitten Entered Face Fled Flee Flees Fleeth Goes Hand Home House Leant Lion Meet Meets Met Rested Running Serpent Snake WallJump to Next Bear Bit Bite Bites Bitten Entered Face Fled Flee Flees Fleeth Goes Hand Home House Leant Lion Meet Meets Met Rested Running Serpent Snake WallLinks Amos 5:19 NIVAmos 5:19 NLT Amos 5:19 ESV Amos 5:19 NASB Amos 5:19 Bible Apps Amos 5:19 Biblia Paralela Amos 5:19 Chinese Bible Amos 5:19 French Bible Amos 5:19 German Bible Alphabetical: a against and as be bear bite bites entered fled flees from goes hand have he him his home house It leans lion man meet meets on only Or rested snake the though to wall when will OT Prophets: Amos 5:19 As if a man fled (Amo. Am) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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