Amos 3:5

Amos 3:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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?
• New International Version (NIV)Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground when no bait is there? Does a trap spring up from the ground if it has not caught anything?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth, when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when it has taken nothing?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it? Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all?

Context of Amos 3:5

3Can two walk together without agreeing to meet? 4Does a lion roar in the forest when it has no prey? Does a young lion growl from its lair unless it has captured something? Does a bird land in a trap on the ground if there is no bait for it? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has caught nothing? 6If a ram’s horn is blown in a city, aren’t people afraid? If a disaster occurs in a city, hasn’t the Lord done it? 7Indeed, the Lord God does nothing without revealing his counsel to his servants the prophets.

Amos 3:5 word by word

הֲתִפֹּ֤ל צִפּוֹר֙ עַל־פַּ֣ח הָאָ֔רֶץ וּמוֹקֵ֖שׁ אֵ֣ין לָ֑הּ הֲיַֽעֲלֶה־פַּח֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה וְלָכ֖וֹד לֹ֥א יִלְכּֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Can a birdצִפּוֹרtsippôr tsippôr · birdH6833
• fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• in a snareפַּחpach · snareH6341
• upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• where no ginמוֹקֵשׁmôqêsh môqêsh · snareH4170
• take upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• from the earthאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• and have takenלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920

Cross-references for Amos 3:5

• Ecclesiastes 9:12For certainly no one knows his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them.
• Jeremiah 31:28Just as I watched over them to uproot and to tear them down, to demolish and to destroy, and to cause disaster, so will I watch over them to build and to plant them” — this is the Lord’s declaration.
• Daniel 9:14So the Lord kept the disaster in mind and brought it on us, for the Lord our God is righteous in all he has done. But we have not obeyed him.

Commentaries on Amos 3:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Can a bird fall in a snare - Can ye, as a sinful people, fall into calamities which I have not appointed? Shall one take up a snare - and have taken nothing - Will the snare be removed before it has caught the expected prey? - shall I remove my judgments till they are fully accomplished? This is a curious passage, and deserves farther consideration. The original, literally translated, is nearly as follows: "Shall the trap arise from the ground; and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Can a bird fall in a snare - Again, the bird taken in the snare is the image of those drawn down from heaven, where our conversation is Philemon 3:20 and the soul may rise free toward its God, “drawn up by the Spirit to high and heavenly things.” Such souls being allured by the things of earth, are entangled and taken by Satan; as, on the other hand, “the soul, escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowler Psalm 124:7, is a soul, set free by Christ and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The trap shows the consequences of Israel's sin. Israel fully deserved the judgment that Amos announced.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-63-6. Here follow several questions of a parable-like kind, to awaken conviction in the people. Can two walk together, except they be agreed?--Can God's prophets be so unanimous in prophesying against you, if God's Spirit were not joined with them, or if their prophecies were false? The Israelites were "at ease," not believing that God was with the prophets in their denunciations of coming ruin to the nation (Am 6:1, 3; compare 1Ki 22:18, 24, 27; Jr 43:2)…Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 3:5

• Gin
• Hunting
• Snare

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Commentaries on Amos 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings