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

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:19 tn The words “Disaster will be inescapable” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
  2. Amos 5:19 tn Heb “went” (so KJV, NRSV).

19 As when a man (A)flees from a lion
And a bear confronts him,
[a]Or he goes home, leans with his hand against the wall,
And a snake bites him.

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  1. Amos 5:19 Or Then

19 It will be (A)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!

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19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
    only to meet a bear,(A)
as though he entered his house
    and rested his hand on the wall
    only to have a snake bite him.(B)

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