Amos 3:5

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“Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?”

What this verse means

Read Amos 3:5 in the flow of Amos3 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Amos3 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Doth a bird fall into a snare of the earth, And there is no gin for it? Doth a snare go up from the ground, And prey it captureth not?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Amos 3:5 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Ecclesiastes 9:12For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
  2. Jeremiah 31:28Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
  3. Daniel 9:14Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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