King James Version
Amos 5:19 in the King James Version says “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 ser...” — study this verse from Amos chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Amos 5:19 · KJV
And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
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.
Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. in: or, your holy days
KJV Study — Public Domain
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“did flee”
H5127to flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
“As if a man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“from”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“into the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“and leaned”
H5564to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)
“his hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“bit”
H5391to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan
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