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Amos 7

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    WEBThus the Lord Yahweh showed me: behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s harvest.
    KJVThus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.
  2. 2
    WEBWhen they finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, “Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
    KJVAnd it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
  3. 3
    WEBYahweh relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says Yahweh.
    KJVThe LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
  4. 4
    WEBThus the Lord Yahweh showed me: behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.
    KJVThus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
  5. 5
    WEBThen I said, “Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
    KJVThen said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
  6. 6
    WEBYahweh relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord Yahweh.
    KJVThe LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
  7. 7
    WEBThus he showed me: behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
    KJVThus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
  8. 8
    WEBYahweh said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “Behold, I will set a plumb line in the middle of my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.
    KJVAnd the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
  9. 9
    WEBThe high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
    KJVAnd the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
  10. 10
    WEBThen Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the middle of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.
    KJVThen Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
  11. 11
    WEBFor Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”
    KJVFor thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
  12. 12
    WEBAmaziah also said to Amos, “You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there,
    KJVAlso Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
  13. 13
    WEBbut don’t prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house!”
    KJVBut prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.
  14. 14
    WEBThen Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;
    KJVThen answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
  15. 15
    WEBand Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
    KJVAnd the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
  16. 16
    WEBNow therefore listen to Yahweh’s word: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against Israel, and don’t preach against the house of Isaac.’
    KJVNow therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
  17. 17
    WEBTherefore Yahweh says: ‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”
    KJVTherefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
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  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.