Amos 3:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁵ Does a bird land in a trap on the ground if there is no bait for it? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has caught nothing?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth where there is no trap for him? Does a trap spring up from the ground when nothing at all has sprung it?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is set for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?

Common English Bible

⁵ Will a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait for it? Will a trap spring up from the ground when it has taken nothing?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Will a bird fall into a snare on the ground, if there is no bird-catcher? Will a snare be taken away from the ground, before it has caught something?

Amos 3:5 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For certainly no one knows his time:  like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap,  so people are trapped in an evil time  as it suddenly falls on them.

Jeremiah 31:28

Just as I watched over them to uproot and to tear them down, to demolish and to destroy, and to cause disaster,  so will I watch over them to build and to plant them’   #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.

Daniel 9:14

So the Lord kept the disaster in mind and brought it on us, for the Lord our God is righteous in all he has done. But we have not obeyed him.

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar  in the forest when it has no prey? Does a young lion growl from its lair unless it has captured something?

Amos 3:6

If a ram’s horn  is blown in a city, aren’t people afraid? If a disaster  occurs in a city, hasn’t the Lord done it?