Amos 5:19
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust asH834יָנוּסyanushe fleesH5127אִישׁ'ishsomeoneH376מִפְּנֵיmipeneifrom beforeH6440הָאֲרִיha'arithe lionH738וּפְגָעוֹufega'oand it meets himH6293הַדֹּבhadothe bearH1677וּבָאuva'and he goesH935הַבַּיִתhabayitthe houseH1004וְסָמַךְvesamakhand he leansH5564יָדוֹyadohand hisH3027עַל־'al-onH5921הַקִּירhakirthe wallH7023וּנְשָׁכוֹuneshakhoand it bites himH5391הַנָּחָשׁ׃hanachashthe snakeH5175
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- Jeremiah 15:2-32 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 sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity. 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.2 If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’ 3 I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
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