Category: Amos

  • Amos 7:7

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

  • Amos 7:4

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Thus 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.

  • Amos 7:5

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small.

  • Amos 7:2

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    And it came to pass that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

    King James Version (KJV):
    And 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.

  • Amos 7:3

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah.

    King James Version (KJV):
    The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

  • Amos 6:14

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of the Arabah.

    King James Version (KJV):
    But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.

  • Amos 7:1

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Thus 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.

  • Amos 6:12

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow [there] with oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;

    King James Version (KJV):
    Shall horses run upon the rock? will [one] plow [there] with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

  • Amos 6:13

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

    King James Version (KJV):
    Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

  • Amos 6:10

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    And when a man’s uncle shall take him up, even he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is in the innermost parts of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No; then shall he say, Hold thy peace; for we may not make mention of the name of Jehovah.

    King James Version (KJV):
    And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that [is] by the sides of the house, [Is there] yet [any] with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.