Amos 5:19 — all translations

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.

ASV Byzantine Text

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.

Asang Khongca Bible

Kami maeto mah kaipui to cawnhtaak, toe taqom maeto a tongh, to tih ai boeh loe angmah ih im ah a caeh moe, tapang nuiah ban a koeng naah, pahui mah patuk pae baktiah ni om tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Hlang te sathueng mikhmuh lamloh rhaelrham sitoe cakhaw anih te vom loh a cuuk thil. Im a pha tih pangbueng dongah a kut a tloeng dae anih te rhul loh a tuk.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Hlang te sathueng mikhmuh lamloh rhaelrham sitoe cakhaw anih te vom loh a cuuk thil. Im a pha tih pangbueng dongah a kut a tloeng dae anih te rhul loh a tuk.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

E like me ke kanaka i holo mai ke alo aku o ka liona, a halawai ka bea me ia: A i komo paha iloko o ka hale, a hilinai kona lima ma ka paia, a nahu mai ka nahesa ia ia.

English Berean Standard Bible

It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Se va tankou yon nonm k'ap kouri pou lapli, epi li tonbe larivyè. Ou ankò, tankou yon moun ki rive lakay li, li mete men l' sou panno kay la, epi yon krab zarenyen mòde l'.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Quomodo si fugiat vir a facie leonis, et occurrat ei ursus; et ingrediatur domum, et innitatur manu sua super parietem, et mordeat eum coluber.

Bible in Basic English

As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

comme si un homme s’enfuyait de devant un lion, et qu’un ours le rencontre ; ou qu’il entre dans la maison et appuie sa main contre le mur, et qu’un serpent le morde.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Jako když by někdo utíkal před lvem, potkal by se s ním nedvěd; aneb když by všel do domu, a zpolehna rukou svou na stěnu, ušťkl by ho had.

Kosraean Bible

Ac fah mau oana sie mwet su kaingkin soko lion twe sun bear soko! Ku oana sie mwet su utyak tari nu in lohm sel ac siungya pesinka uh, a wet pwasin soko ngalsilya!

World Portuguese Bible

Será como se um homem fugisse de um leão, e um urso o encontrasse; ou entrasse em casa e apoiasse a mão na parede, e uma cobra o mordesse.

Romanian BTF Bible

Ca și cum un om ar fugi de un leu și un urs l-ar întâlni; sau ar intra în casă și și-ar sprijini mâna de perete și un șarpe l-ar mușca.

Brenton English Septuagint

As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he should spring into his house, and lean his hands upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ထိုနေ့သည်သင်တို့အတွက်ခြင်္သေ့ကိုကြောက် ၍ ထွက်ပြေးခါမှဝက်ဝံနှင့်တွေ့သကဲ့သို့ လည်းကောင်း၊ အိမ်ပြန်ရောက်ခါမှနံရံကိုင် မိ၍ မြွေအကိုက်ခံရသကဲ့သို့လည်း ကောင်းဖြစ်လိမ့်မည်။-

Darby Translation

as if a man fled 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.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

wie wenn jemand vor dem Löwen flieht, und es begegnet ihm ein Bär; und er kommt nach Hause und stützt seine Hand an die Mauer, und es beißt ihn eine Schlange.

Dutch Bible 1917

Als wanneer iemand vlood voor het aangezicht eens leeuws, en hem ontmoette een beer; of dat hij kwam in een huis, en leunde met zijn hand aan den wand, en hem beet een slang.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Zoals iemand, die vlucht voor een leeuw, En aangevallen wordt door een beer; Of die zijn huis binnengaat, met de hand aan de muur leunt, En door een slang wordt gebeten!

Italian Diodati Bible

Come se un uomo fuggisse d'innanzi ad un leone, ed un orso lo scontrasse; ovvero entrasse in casa, ed appoggiasse la mano alla parete, ed una serpe lo mordesse.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

As if a man did flee from a lyon, and a beare met him: or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

Noyes Bible

As if a man fled from a lion, And a bear met him; Or went into a house and leaned his hand on a wall, And a serpent bit him;

Danish Bible 1931

Da går det, som når en Mand flyr for en Løve og møder en Bjørn og, når han tyr ind i Huset og støtter sin Hånd til Væggen, bides af en Slange.

Leeser Tanakh

As if a man were to flee from a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he enter into the house, and lean his hand against the wall, and a serpent should bite him.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; and went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

King James Version

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Ví như một người tránh khỏi sư tử, lại gặp con gấu; hay là như kẻ vào trong nhà, dựa tay trên vách, bị rắn cắn nhằm.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

Hangē ko e tangata ʻoku hola mei he laione, pea ʻoku ne fakafetaulaki mo ha pea; pe ko ha taha ne hū ki fale, pea ne faʻaki hono nima ki he holisi, ka naʻe ʻuusi ia ʻe ha ngata.

French Ostervald Bible

Comme un homme, qui fuit devant un lion, et que rencontre un ours; qui entre dans la maison, appuie sa main sur le mur, et un serpent le mord.

Esperanto Bible

Tiel same, kiel se iu forkuras de leono kaj lin kaptas urso, aŭ li venis hejmen kaj apogis sian manon al muro kaj lin pikas serpento.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Vous serez comme un homme qui fuit devant un lion Et que rencontre un ours, Qui gagne sa demeure, appuie sa main sur la muraille, Et que mord un serpent.

German Luther Bible 1912

Gleich als wenn jemand vor dem Löwen flöhe, und ein Bär begegnete ihm; und er käme in ein Haus und lehnte sich mit der Hand an die Wand, und eine Schlange stäche ihn.

LXX2012 U. S. English

As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he should spring into his house, and lean his hands upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.

British English Septuagint 2012

As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he should spring into his house, and lean his hands upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.

Majority Standard BIble

It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

Webster Bible

As if a man fled 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.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

It is as when one flees from a lion, and is attacked by a bear, as when one reaches home, leans his hand on the wall, and a snake bites him.

Open English Bible (US)

It is as when one flees from a lion, and is attacked by a bear, as when one reaches home, leans his hand on the wall, and a snake bites him.

Revised Version

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Sarà di voi come d’uno che fugge davanti a un leone, e lo incontra un orso; come d’uno ch’entra in casa, appoggia la mano sulla parete, e un serpente lo morde.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

C’est comme un homme qui fuit devant un lion, et qu’un ours vient rencontrer ; ou qui entre dans sa maison, appuie sa main sur le mur, et qu’un serpent mord.

Reina Valera 1909

Como el que huye de delante del león, y se topa con el oso; ó si entrare en casa y arrimare su mano á la pared, y le muerda la culebra.

Spanish BLL

Será como si un hombre huyera delante de un león y se encontrara con un oso; o como si entrara en casa, apoyara su mano en la pared y le mordiera una serpiente.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Será como si un hombre huyera delante de un león y se encontrara con un oso; o como si entrara en casa, apoyara su mano en la pared y le mordiera una serpiente.

Croatian Bible

Bit će vam k'o onom što uteče lavljim raljama, a sretne ga medvjed; koji uđe u kuću i stavi ruku na zid, a ujede ga zmija.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Kao da bi ko bežao od lava pa bi ga sreo medved; ili kao da bi ko došao u kuću i naslonio se rukom na zid, pa bi ga zmija ujela.

German Textbibel

wie wenn jemand, der einem Löwen entflieht, von einem Bären gestellt wird und, wenn er endlich nach Hause gelangt ist und sich mit der Hand gegen die Wand lehnt, von einer Schlange gebissen wird.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he should spring into his house, and lean his hands upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יָנ֥וּס אִישׁ֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י הָאֲרִ֔י וּפְגָע֖וֹ הַדֹּ֑ב וּבָ֣א הַבַּ֔יִת וְסָמַ֤ךְ יָדוֹ֙ עַל־הַקִּ֔יר וּנְשָׁכ֖וֹ הַנָּחָֽשׁ׃