NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Thus saith'amar (aw-mar') to say (used with great latitude) the LORD Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord. As the shepherd ra`ah (raw-aw') to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend) taketh out natsal (naw-tsal') to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense of the mouth peh (peh) the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to of the lion 'ariy (ar-ee') a lion -- (young) lion, + pierce (from the margin). two shnayim (shen-ah'-yim) two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two. legs kara` (kaw-raw') the leg (from the knee to the ankle) of men or locusts (only in the dual) -- leg. or a piece badal (baw-dawl') a part -- piece. of an ear 'ozen (o'-zen) broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man) -- + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show. so shall the children ben (bane) a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc. of Israel Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale') he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel. be taken out natsal (naw-tsal') to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense that dwell yashab (yaw-shab') to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry in Samaria Shomrown (sho-mer-one') watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine -- Samaria. in the corner pe'ah (pay-aw') mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity -- corner, end, quarter, side. of a bed mittah (mit-taw') a bed (as extended) for sleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier -- bed(-chamber), bier. and in Damascus dmesheq (dem-eh'-shek) damask (as a fabric of Damascus) -- in Damascus. in a couch `eres (eh'res) a couch (properly, with a canopy) -- bed(-stead), couch. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Thus says the LORD, "Just as the shepherd snatches from the lion's mouth a couple of legs or a piece of an ear, So will the sons of Israel dwelling in Samaria be snatched away-- With the corner of a bed and the cover of a couch! King James Bible Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD says: As the shepherd snatches two legs or a piece of an ear from the lion's mouth, so the Israelites who live in Samaria will be rescued with only the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch. International Standard Version This is what the LORD says: "Just as a shepherd might save from the lion's mouth only two leg bones or a scrap of an ear, the Israelis will be saved in a similar manner— those in Samaria who sit on the remains of their broken beds, and those in Damascus who lie on the edge of their couches." NET Bible This is what the LORD says: "Just as a shepherd salvages from the lion's mouth a couple of leg bones or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites who live in Samaria will be salvaged. They will be left with just a corner of a bed, and a part of a couch." GOD'S WORD® Translation This is what the LORD says: As a shepherd rescues two legs or a piece of an ear out of a lion's mouth, so the Israelites living in Samaria will be rescued, [having only] a corner of a bed or a piece of a couch. King James 2000 Bible Thus says the LORD; As the shepherd takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and on the edge of a couch. Links Amos 3:12Amos 3:12 NIV Amos 3:12 NLT Amos 3:12 ESV Amos 3:12 NASB Amos 3:12 KJV |