Amos 5:19-21

New International Version

¹⁹It will be as though a man fled from a lion
    only to meet a bear,^(A)
as though he entered his house
    and rested his hand on the wall
    only to have a snake bite him.^(B)
²⁰Will not the day of the Lord be darkness,^(C) not light—
    pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?^(D)

²¹“I hate,^(E) I despise your religious festivals;^(F)
your assemblies^(G) are a stench to me.

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Amos 5:19-21

King James Version

¹⁹As 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.

²⁰Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

²¹I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

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Amos 5:19-21

English Standard Version

¹⁹    ^(A)as if a man fled from a lion,
    and a bear met him,
or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
    and a serpent bit him.
²⁰^(B)Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light,
    and gloom with no brightness in it?