Amos 3:5
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Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?
In other translations
Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?
Hebrew words
הֲתִפֹּלhatipol¿ does it fallH5307צִפּוֹרtzipora birdH6833עַל־'al-onH5921פַּחpach<the> bird-trap ofH6341הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe earthH776וּמוֹקֵשׁumokeshand [is] a snareH4170אֵין'einthere notH369לָהּlahfor itהֲיַעֲלֶה־haya'aleh-¿ does it go upH5927פַּחpacha bird-trapH6341מִן־min-fromH4480הָאֲדָמָהha'adamahthe groundH127וְלָכוֹדvelakhodand surely <catch>H3920לֹאlo'notH3808יִלְכּוֹד׃yilkodit catches [something]H3920
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Related verses
- Ecclesiastes 9:12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
- Daniel 9:14Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.
- Jeremiah 31:28And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the Lord.Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
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