Amos 3:4
Good News Translation
Does a lion roar in the forest unless he has found a victim? Does a young lion growl in his den unless he has caught something?

New Revised Standard Version
Does a lion roar in the forest, when it has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from its den, if it has caught nothing?

Contemporary English Version
Does a lion roar in the forest unless it has caught a victim? Does it growl in its den unless it is eating?

New American Bible
Does a lion roar in the forest when it has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from its den unless it has seized something?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Will a lion roar in the forest, if he have no prey? will the lion's whelp cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Will a lion roar in the forest, if he have no prey? will the lion's whelp cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

a lion.

Amos 3:8 The lion shall roar, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who shall not prophesy?

Amos 1:2 And he said: The Lord will roar from Sion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem: and the beautiful places of the shepherds have mourned, and the top of Carmel is withered.

Psalm 104:21 The young lions roaring after their prey, and seeking their meat from God.

Hosea 11:10 They shall walk after the Lord, he shall roar as a lion: because he shall roar, and the children of the sea shall fear.

cry.

Context
Witnesses Against Israel
3Shall two walk together except they be agreed? 4Will a lion roar in the forest, if he have no prey? will the lion's whelp cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?5Will 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?…
Cross References
Psalm 104:21
The young lions roaring after their prey, and seeking their meat from God.

Hosea 5:14
For I will be like a lioness to Ephraim, and like a lion's whelp to the house of Juda: I, I will catch, and go: I will take away, and there is none that can rescue.

Hosea 11:10
They shall walk after the Lord, he shall roar as a lion: because he shall roar, and the children of the sea shall fear.

Amos 3:3
Shall two walk together except they be agreed?

Amos 3:5
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?

Amos 3:3
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