King James Version

Amos 3:5

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?

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הֲתִפֹּ֤לhatipolfallנָפַלparticle, interrogative, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “fall”, an unfinished actionH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…צִפּוֹר֙tsiporbirdצִפּוֹרnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “bird”, the ordinary formH6833a little bird (as hopping)bird, fowl, sparrow.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…פַּ֣חpachplateפַּחnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “plate”, the ordinary formH6341a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)gin, (thin) plate, snare.הָאָ֔רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וּמוֹקֵ֖שׁumoqeshand snareמוֹקֵשׁconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and snare”, the ordinary formH4170a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose)be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.אֵ֣יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).לָ֑הּlahtoלָ֑הּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to”toהֲיַֽעֲלֶהhayaalehascend upעָלָהparticle, interrogative, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “ascend up”, an unfinished actionH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…פַּח֙pachplateפַּחnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “plate”, the ordinary formH6341a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)gin, (thin) plate, snare.מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הhaadamahthe countryאֲדָמָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the country”, the ordinary formH127soil (from its general redness)country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.וְלָכ֖וֹדvelakhodand catchלָכַדconjunction, verb, qal, infinitive absolute — “and catch”, the verb used for emphasisH3920to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere[idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.לֹ֥אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יִלְכּֽוֹדyilkodcatchלָכַדverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “catch”, an unfinished actionH3920to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere[idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Will a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where there is no lure for it? Will a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?

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American Standard Version (1901)

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?

Young’s Literal Translation

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?

World English Bible

Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?

Darby Translation

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth when no gin [is laid] for him? Will the snare spring up from the earth when nothing at all hath been taken?

Douay-Rheims

Will the bird fall into the snare upon the earth, if there be no fowler? Shall the snare be taken up from the earth, before it hath taken somewhat?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Will a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where there is no lure for it? Will a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Will a bird fall on the earth without a fowler? will a snare be taken up from the earth without having taken anything?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰ πεσεῖται ὄρνεον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἄνευ ἰξευτοῦ; εἰ σχασθήσεται παγὶς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἄνευ τοῦ συλλαβεῖν τί;