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Amos 5:19

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5:19Disaster will be inescapable,54

as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear,

then escaped55 into a house,

leaned his hand against the wall,

and was bitten by a poisonous snake.

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Footnotes

  1. 54 The words “Disaster will be inescapable” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
  2. 55 Heb “went” (so , ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

as if a man fled from a lion,

and a bear met him,

or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,

and a serpent bit him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It will be as though a man fled from a lion

only to meet a bear,

as though he entered his house

and rested his hand on the wall

only to have a snake bite him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

It will be like a man who flees from a lion

only to have a bear confront him.

He goes home and rests his hand against the wall

only to have a snake bite him.

NLTNew Living Translation

In that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion—

only to meet a bear.

Escaping from the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house—

and he’s bitten by a snake.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

It will be as if a man fled from a lion and a bear met him; or he went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall and a snake bit him.

KJV 1900King 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.