Amos 3:5 - Modern English Version

⁵ Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground, if there was no snare for it? Does a trap spring up from the ground, if it has not caught something?

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 140:5

The proud have hidden a snare for me; they have spread cords as a net; by the wayside they have set traps for me.    Selah

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For no one knows his appointed time. Like fish caught in a cruel net, like birds caught in a snare, so people are ensnared in an evil time, when it suddenly falls on them.

Jeremiah 31:28

It shall come to pass that as I have watched over them to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict, so I will watch over them, to build, and to plant, says the Lord.

Daniel 9:14

Therefore, the Lord has kept the disaster in store and brought it upon us. For the Lord our God is righteous in all His works which He does, but we have not obeyed His voice.

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar in the forest, if it has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from its den, if it has not caught something?

Amos 3:6

If the trumpet blasts in the city, are not the people frightened? If there is disaster against a city, is it not the Lord who has done it?