Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever breaks through a wall will be bitten by a snake.
Amos 5:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 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. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is 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. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible as if someone fled from a lion, and was met by a bear; or sought refuge in a house, rested a hand against the wall, and was bitten by a snake. Catholic Public Domain Version It is as if a man flees from the face of a lion, only to have a bear meet him; or, he enters a house and leans with his hand against the wall, only to have a snake bite him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him: or enter into the house, and lean with his hand upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him. |
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever breaks through a wall will be bitten by a snake.
to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, to make widows their spoil and to plunder orphans!
What will you do on the day of punishment, in the calamity that will come from far away? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth,
When the local people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man must be a murderer; though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
wasting hunger, burning consumption, bitter pestilence. The teeth of beasts I will send against them, with venom of things crawling in the dust.
Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to guard them,