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Amos 5:19Amos.5.19

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.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

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.

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 181 (Migne)

    s est (Ezech. III, 26) .» Hinc et Amos ait: «Prudens in tempore illo tacebit, quia tempus malum est (Amos V, 19) .» Hoc est ergo quod dicitur; quia nubibus mandabo, ne pluant super eam imbrem, quod nostris diebus nimium compleri gemimus, quia vix jam verbum Dei populo ejus quisqu…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 198 (Migne)

    t, desiderantibus diem Domini. Ut quid eam vobis? et adjunxit: dies enim Domini tenebrae et non lux (Amos V, 19) . Sed quibus tenebrae erit? Certe injustis, qui ligatis manibus et pedibus mittentur in tenebras exteriores (Matth. XXII, 13) Caeterum electis lux erit, et magna lux…

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