Amos 3:4

A lion certainly does not [RHQ] roar in the bushes/forest if it has not killed another animal. It does not [RHQ] growl in its den if it is not eating the flesh of an animal that it has caught.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

In Context

3Two people certainly cannot [RHQ] walk together if they have not already agreed about what place they will start walking from.

5No one can [RHQ] catch a bird if he does not set a trap for it. A trap does not spring shut unless some animal has not sprung the trap.

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Cross References

Psalms 104:21At night the young lions roar as they seek their prey, but they depend on you to give them food.

Hosea 11:10You will follow me when I roar like [SIM] a lion; when I roar, some of you my children will tremble as you return to Israel from the islands and seacoasts toward the west.

Amos 3:8Everyone certainly becomes terrified [RHQ] when they hear a lion roar, and if Yahweh the Lord has given messages to prophets like me, we certainly must [RHQ] proclaim those messages, even if they cause people to become terrified.

Matthew Henry on Amos 3:2-9

God's Remonstrance with Israel. ( b. c. 790.) 1 Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, 2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. 3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed? 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? 5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the… Read the whole commentary →

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