Amos 3

NET

12 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.


Darby

12 Thus saith Jehovah: Like as the shepherd rescueth out of the jaw of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couchD6271, and upon the damask of a bed.


Darby Bible Notes

couch - The best place of the divan in the houses of the rich.


KJV

12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd takethK6185out 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.


KJV Bible Notes

taketh: Heb. delivereth. in a couch: Or, on the beds feet.