Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? My Lord Yahweh has spoken, who will not prophesy?

New American Standard Bible

A lion has roared! Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken! Who can but prophesy?

King James Version

The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

Holman Bible

A lion has roared;
who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken;
who will not prophesy?

International Standard Version

A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who will not prophesy?

A Conservative Version

The lion has roared, who will not fear? Lord LORD has spoken, who can but prophesy?

American Standard Version

The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy?

Amplified


The lion has roared! Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken [to the prophets]! Who can but prophesy?

Bible in Basic English

The cry of the lion is sounding; who will not have fear? The Lord God has said the word; is it possible for the prophet to keep quiet?

Darby Translation

The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

Julia Smith Translation

The lion roared, who shall not be afraid? the Lord Jehovah spake, who shall not prophesy?

King James 2000

The lion has roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD has spoken, who can but prophesy?

Modern King James verseion

The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah has spoken; who will not prophesy?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When a lion roareth, who will not be afraid? Seeing then that the LORDE God himself speaketh, who will not prophesy?

NET Bible

A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The sovereign Lord has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy?

New Heart English Bible

The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken. Who can but prophesy?

The Emphasized Bible

A lion, hath roared, Who will not fear? My Lord Yahweh, hath spoken, Who can forbear to prophesy?

Webster

The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

World English Bible

The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy?

Youngs Literal Translation

A lion hath roared -- who doth not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken -- who doth not prophesy?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The lion
אריה ארי 
'ariy 
Usage: 80

שׁאג 
Sha'ag 
Usage: 20

who will not

Usage: 0

the Lord
אדני 
'Adonay 
Usage: 438

God
יהוה 
Y@hovih 
Usage: 302

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

References

Watsons

Context Readings

Israel's Guilt And Punishment

7 Surely my Lord does not do anything unless he has revealed his secret to his servants the prophets. 8 A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? My Lord Yahweh has spoken, who will not prophesy? 9 Proclaim to the citadel fortresses in Ashdod and the citadel fortresses in the land of Egypt and say: "Gather on the mountains of Samaria and see the great panic in her midst and the oppression in her midst!"



Cross References

Jeremiah 20:9

But [if] I say, "I will not mention him and I will no longer speak in his name," then it becomes in my heart like a fire burning, locked up in my bones, and I struggle to contain [it], and I am not able.

Acts 4:20

For we are not able to refrain from speaking about [the things] that we have seen and heard."

Amos 1:2

And he said, "Yahweh roars from Zion and he utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds wither and the top of Carmel dries up."

Job 32:18-19

for I am full of words; {the spirit within me} urges me.

Amos 2:12

But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets, saying, 'You shall not prophesy.'

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar in the forest {when he has no prey}? Does a fierce, young lion cry out from his den unless he has caught [something]?

Amos 7:12-17

And Amaziah said to Amos, " seer, go, flee to the land of Judah and earn food there and prophesy there!"

Jonah 1:1-3

And the word of Yahweh came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

Jonah 3:1-3

And the word of Yahweh came to Jonah a second [time], saying,

Acts 5:20

"Go and stand in the temple [courts] [and] proclaim to the people all the words of this life."

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles answered [and] said, "It is necessary to obey God rather than men!

1 Corinthians 9:16

For if I proclaim the gospel, it is not to me a reason for boasting, for necessity is imposed on me. For woe is to me if I do not proclaim the gospel.

Revelation 5:5

And one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! Behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.

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