Amos 5:19

As if a man renne fro the face of a lioun, and a bere renne to hym; and he entre in to the hous, and lene with his hond on the wal, and a serpent dwellynge in schadewe bite hym.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The 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.

In Context

18Wo to hem that desiren the dai of the Lord; wher to desiren ye it to you? This dai of the Lord schal be derknessis, and not liyt.

20Whether the dai of the Lord schal not be derknessis, and not liyt; and myist, and not schynyng ther ynne?

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:29In seuene daies these and thei dressiden scheltruns euene ayens; forsothe in the seuenthe dai the batel was joyned togidere, and the sones of Israel smytiden of men of Syrie an hundrid thousynde of foot men in o dai.

Ecclesiastes 10:8He that diggith a diche, schal falle in to it; and an eddre schal bite hym, that distrieth an hegge.

Isaiah 10:3What schulen ye do in the dai of visitacioun, and of wretchidnesse comynge fro fer? To whos help schulen ye fle? and where schulen ye leeue youre glorie,

Isaiah 24:18And it schal be, he that schal fle fro the face of ferdfulnesse, schal falle in to the diche; and he that schal delyuere hym silf fro the dich, schal be holdun of the snare; for whi the wyndows of hiye thingis ben openyd, and the foundementis of erthe schulen be schakun togidere.

Jeremiah 48:43Drede, and diche, and snare is on thee, thou dwellere of Moab, seith the Lord.

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