Amos 5 - Compare Translations
3 translations side by side. Tap any verse number to hear it read aloud.
3 translations
Amos 5:1
KJVHear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
WEBListen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
YLTHear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house of Israel:
Amos 5:2
KJVThe virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
WEB“The virgin of Israel has fallen;
YLT`Fallen, not again to rise, hath the virgin of Israel, Left on her land -- she hath no raiser up.'
Amos 5:3
KJVFor thus saith the Lord God; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
WEBFor thus says the Lord Yahweh:
YLTFor thus said the Lord Jehovah: The city that is going out a thousand, Doth leave an hundred, And that which is going out an hundred, Doth leave ten to the house of Israel.
Amos 5:4
KJVFor thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
WEBFor Yahweh says to the house of Israel:
YLTFor thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live,
Amos 5:5
KJVBut seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
WEBbut don’t seek Bethel,
YLTAnd seek not Beth-El, and Gilgal enter not, And Beer-Sheba pass not through, For Gilgal doth utterly remove, And Beth-El doth become vanity.
Amos 5:6
KJVSeek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
WEBSeek Yahweh, and you will live;
YLTSeek ye Jehovah, and live, Lest He prosper as fire [against] the house of Joseph, And it hath consumed, And there is no quencher for Beth-El.
Amos 5:7
KJVYe who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
WEBYou who turn justice to wormwood,
YLTYe who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,
Amos 5:8
KJVSeek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:
WEBseek him who made the Pleiades and Orion,
YLTThe maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day [as] night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah [is] His name;
Amos 5:9
KJVThat strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
WEBwho brings sudden destruction on the strong,
YLTWho is brightening up the spoiled against the strong, And the spoiled against a fortress cometh.
Amos 5:10
KJV
WEB
YLT
Amos 5:11
KJVForasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
WEBTherefore, because you trample on the poor,
YLTTherefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.
Amos 5:12
KJVFor I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
WEBFor I know how many your offenses,
YLTFor I have known -- many [are] your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside.
Amos 5:13
KJVTherefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
WEBTherefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time,
YLTTherefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it [is].
Amos 5:14
KJVSeek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
WEBSeek good, and not evil,
YLTSeek good, and not evil, that ye may live, And it is so; Jehovah, God of Hosts, [is] with you, as ye said.
Amos 5:15
KJVHate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
WEBHate evil, love good,
YLTHate evil, and love good, And set up judgment in the gate, It may be Jehovah, God of Hosts, doth pity the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 5:16
KJVTherefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
WEBTherefore Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord, says:
YLTTherefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, the Lord, In all broad places [is] lamentation, And in all out-places they say, `Alas, alas,' And called the husbandman to mourning, And to lamentation the skilful of wailing.
Amos 5:17
KJVAnd in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord.
WEBIn all vineyards there will be wailing;
YLTAnd in all vineyards [is] lamentation, For I pass into thy midst, said Jehovah.
Amos 5:18
KJVWoe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.
WEB“Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh!
YLTHo, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why [is] this to you -- the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,
Amos 5:19
KJVAs if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
WEBAs if a man fled from a lion,
YLTAs [when] one fleeth from the face of the lion, And the bear hath met him, And he hath come in to the house, And hath leant his hand on the wall, And the serpent hath bitten him.
Amos 5:20
KJV
WEB
YLT
Amos 5:21
KJVI hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
WEBI hate, I despise your feasts,
YLTI have hated -- I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.
Amos 5:22
KJVThough ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
WEBYes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings,
YLTFor though ye cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, I am not pleased, And the peace-offering of your fatlings I behold not.
Amos 5:23
KJVTake thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
WEBTake away from me the noise of your songs!
YLTTurn aside from Me the noise of thy songs, Yea, the praise of thy psaltery I hear not.
Amos 5:24
KJVBut let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
WEBBut let justice roll on like rivers,
YLTAnd roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.
Amos 5:25
KJVHave ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
WEB“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?
YLTSacrifices and offering did ye bring nigh to Me, In a wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Amos 5:26
KJVBut ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
WEBYou also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
YLTAnd ye bare Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, The star of your god, that ye made for yourselves.
Amos 5:27
KJVTherefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.
WEBTherefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh, whose name is the God of Armies.
YLTAnd I removed you beyond Damascus, Said Jehovah, God of Hosts [is] His name.
27 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT