Amos 8 - Compare Translations
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Amos 8:1
KJVThus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
WEBThus the Lord Yahweh showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.
YLTThus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and, lo, a basket of summer-fruit.
Amos 8:2
KJVAnd he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
WEBHe said, “Amos, what do you see?”
YLTAnd He saith, `What art thou seeing, Amos?' and I say, `A basket of summer-fruit.' And Jehovah saith unto me: `The end hath come unto My people Israel, I do not add any more to pass over to it.
Amos 8:3
KJVAnd the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
WEBThe songs of the temple will be wailings in that day,” says the Lord Yahweh.
YLTAnd howled have songstresses of a palace in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Many [are] the carcases, into any place throw -- hush!
Amos 8:4
KJVHear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
WEBHear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy,
YLTHear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,
Amos 8:5
KJVSaying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
WEBSaying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain?
YLTSaying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit.
Amos 8:6
KJVThat we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
WEBthat we may buy the poor for silver,
YLTTo purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.
Amos 8:7
KJVThe Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
WEBYahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob,
YLTSworn hath Jehovah by the excellency of Jacob: `I forget not for ever any of their works.
Amos 8:8
KJVShall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
WEBWon’t the land tremble for this,
YLTFor this doth not the land tremble, And mourned hath every dweller in it? And come up as a flood hath all of it. And it hath been cast out, and hath sunk, Like the flood of Egypt.
Amos 8:9
KJVAnd it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
WEBIt will happen in that day,” says the Lord Yahweh,
YLTAnd it hath come to pass in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I have caused the sun to go in at noon, And caused darkness on the land in a day of light,
Amos 8:10
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Amos 8:11
KJVBehold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:
WEBBehold, the days come,” says the Lord Yahweh,
YLTLo, days are coming, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I have sent a famine into the land, Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water But of hearing the words of Jehovah.
Amos 8:12
KJVAnd they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
WEBThey will wander from sea to sea,
YLTAnd they have wandered from sea unto sea, And from north even unto east, They go to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, And they do not find.
Amos 8:13
KJVIn that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
WEBIn that day the beautiful virgins
YLTIn that day faint do the fair virgins, And the young men, with thirst.
Amos 8:14
KJVThey that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
WEBThose who swear by the sin of Samaria,
YLTThose swearing by the guilt of Samaria, And have said, Live doth thy god, O Dan, And, Live doth the way of Beer-Sheba, And they have fallen -- and rise not again!'
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