Amos 5:19 :: King James Version (KJV)

Amos 5:19 - 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.

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Translations for Amos 5:19

KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

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.

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

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!

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

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.

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

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.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

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.

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

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.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

As when^H834 a man^H376 flees^H5127 from a lion^H738

And a bear^H1677 confronts^H6293 him,

[fn]Or he goes^H935 home^H1004, leans^H5564 with his hand^H3027 against^H5921 the wall^H7023,

And a snake^H5175 bites^H5391 him.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

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

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

As when^H834 a man^H376 flees^H5127 from a lion^H738

And a bear^H1677 meets^H6293 him;

[fn]Or he goes^H935 home^H1004, leans^H5564 his hand^H3027 against^H5921 the wall^H7023,

And a snake^H5175 bites^H5391 him.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

It is as if a man runs from a lion [escaping one danger]

And a bear meets him [so he dies anyway],

Or goes home, and leans with his hand against the wall

And a snake bites him.

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

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

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned with his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him.

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

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.

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

As when one fleeth from the face of the lion, And the bear hath met him, And he hath come in to the house, And hath leant his hand on the wall, And the serpent hath bitten him.

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

as if a man fled 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.

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

As if a man fled 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.

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

As if a man fled from a lion, And a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, And a snake bit him.

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

quomodo si fugiat vir a facie leonis et occurrat ei ursus et ingrediatur domum et innitatur manu sua super parietem et mordeat eum coluber

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

فَتَكُونُونَ كَرَجُلٍ هَرَبَ مِنْ وَجْهِ أَسَدٍ فَلَقِيَهُ دُبٌّ، أَوْ كَمَنْ دَخَلَ إِلَى بَيْتٍ وَاتَّكَأَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى حَائِطٍ فَلَدَغَتْهُ أَفْعَى.

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

כַּאֲשֶׁר יָנוּס אִישׁ מִפְּנֵי הָאֲרִי וּפְגָעֹו הַדֹּב וּבָא הַבַּיִת וְסָמַךְ יָדֹו עַל־הַקִּיר וּנְשָׁכֹו הַנָּחָשׁ׃

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

(LXX 5:19)ὃν τρόπον ὅταν φύγῃ ἄνθρωπος ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ λέοντος καὶ ἐμπέσῃ αὐτῷ ἡ ἄρκος καὶ εἰσπηδήσῃ εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπερείσηται τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν τοῖχον καὶ δάκῃ αὐτὸν ὁ ὄφις

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

كَمَا إِذَا هَرَبَ إِنْسَانٌ مِنْ أَمَامِ الأَسَدِ فَصَادَفَهُ الدُّبُّ، أَوْ دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى الْحَائِطِ فَلَدَغَتْهُ الْحَيَّةُ!

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he should spring into his house, and lean his hands upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Como el que huye de delante del león, y se topa con el oso; ó si entrare en casa y arrimare su mano á la pared, y le muerda la culebra.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

como el que huye de delante del león, y se encuentra con el oso; o como si entrare en casa y apoyare su mano en la pared, y le muerde una culebra.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

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.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

景況好像人躲避獅子又遇見熊、或是進房屋以手靠牆、就被蛇咬。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

Será como el que huye de un león y choca con un oso; entra en casa y apoya su mano en la pared, y le muerde una serpiente.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

마치 사람이 사자를 피하다가 곰을 만나거나 혹 집에 들어가서 손을 벽에 대었다가 뱀에게 물림 같도다

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Vous serez comme un homme qui fuit devant un lion Et que rencontre un ours, Qui gagne sa demeure, appuie sa main sur la muraille, Et que mord un serpent.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Gleich als wenn jemand vor dem Löwen flöhe, und ein Bär begegnete ihm; und er käme in ein Haus und lehnte sich mit der Hand an die Wand, und eine Schlange stäche ihn.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

то же, как если бы кто убежал от льва, и попался бы ему навстречу медведь, или если бы пришел домой и оперся рукою о стену, и змея ужалила бы его.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

como el que huye de delante del león, y se topa con el oso; o si entrare en casa y arrimare su mano a la pared, y le muerda la culebra.

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