Amos 5:19

Disaster will be inescapable, ¹  as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped ²  into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.

biblegateway Amo 5:19

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.

biblegateway Amo 5:19

As when a man flees from a lion And a bear meets him, Or goes home, leans his hand against the wall And a snake bites him.

biblegateway Amo 5:19

In that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion––only to meet a bear. After escaping the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house––and is bitten by a snake.

biblegateway Amo 5:19

Here's what it's like: A man runs from a lion right into the jaws of a bear. A woman goes home after a hard day's work and is raped by a neighbor.

SABDAweb Amo 5:19

As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.

bibleoremus Amo 5:19

as if someone fled from a lion, and was met by a bear; or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall, and was bitten by a snake.

biblegateway Amo 5:19

It will be as though a man fled from a lion, And a bear met him! Or as though he went into the house, Leaned his hand on the wall, And a serpent bit him!

biblegateway Amo 5:19

Disaster will be inescapable, ¹  as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped ²  into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.

¹ tn The words “Disaster will be inescapable” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

² tn Heb “went” (so KJV, NRSV).