Amos 5:1

AMP: Hear this word which I take up for you as a funeral song, O house of Israel:

ASV: Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

BSB: Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:

DARBY: Hear this word, a lamentation, which I take up against you, O house of Israel.

DRA: Hear ye this word, which I take up concerning you for a lamentation. The house of Israel is fallen, and it shall rise no more.

KJV: Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

Amos 5:2

AMP: She has fallen, she will not rise again—The virgin Israel.She lies neglected on her land;There is no one to raise her up.

ASV: The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

BSB: “Fallen is Virgin Israel,never to rise again.She lies abandoned on her land,with no one to raise her up.”

DARBY: The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more arise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

DRA: The virgin of Israel is cast down upon her land, there is none to raise her up.

KJV: The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

Amos 5:3

AMP: For thus says the Lord God,“The city which goes forth a thousand strongWill have a hundred left,And the one which goes forth a hundred strongWill have ten left to the house of Israel.”

ASV: For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel.

BSB: This is what the Lord GOD says:“The city that marches out a thousand strongwill have but a hundred left,and the one that marches out a hundred strongwill have but ten left in the house of Israel.”

DARBY: For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, for the house of Israel.

DRA: For thus saith the Lord God: The city, out of which came forth a thousand, there shall be left in it a hundred: and out of which there came a hundred, there shall be left in it ten, in the house of Israel.

KJV: For 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.

Amos 5:4

AMP: For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel,“Seek Me [search diligently for Me and regard Me as more essential than food] so that you may live. [2 Chr 15:2; Jer 29:13]

ASV: For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;

BSB: For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel:“Seek Me and live!

DARBY: For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.

DRA: For thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and you shall live.

KJV: For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

Amos 5:5

AMP: “But do not resort to Bethel [to worship the golden calf]Nor enter [idolatrous] Gilgal,Nor cross over to Beersheba [and its idols];For Gilgal will certainly go into captivity and exile,And Bethel will come to nothing.

ASV: but seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.

BSB: Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal;do not journey to Beersheba,for Gilgal will surely go into exile,and Bethel will come to nothing.

DARBY: And seek not Bethel, neither go to Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

DRA: But seek not Bethel, and go not into Galgal, neither shall you pass over to Bersabee: for Galgal shall go into captivity, and Bethel shall be unprofitable.

KJV: But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

Amos 5:6

AMP: “Seek the Lord [search diligently for Him and long for Him as your most essential need] so that you may live,Or He will rush down like a [devouring] fire, O house of Joseph,And there will be no one to quench the flame for [idolatrous] Bethel,

ASV: Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.

BSB: Seek the LORD and live,or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph;it will devour everything,with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.

DARBY: Seek Jehovah, 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.

DRA: Seek ye the Lord, and live: lest the house of Joseph be burnt with fire, and it shall devour, and there shall be none to quench Bethel.

KJV: Seek 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.

Amos 5:7

AMP: For those [shall be consumed] who turn justice into wormwood (bitterness)And cast righteousness down to the earth.”

ASV: Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

BSB: There are those who turn justice into wormwoodand cast righteousness to the ground.

DARBY: Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

DRA: You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land,

KJV: Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

Amos 5:8

AMP: ¶He who made the [cluster of stars called] Pleiades and [the constellation] Orion,Who turns deep darkness into the morningAnd darkens the day into night,Who calls for the waters of the seaAnd pours them out on the surface of the earth,The Lord is His name.

ASV: [seek him] that maketh the Pleiades 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 (Jehovah is his name);

BSB: He who made the Pleiades and Orion,who turns darkness into dawnand darkens day into night,who summons the waters of the seaand pours them over the face of the earth —the LORD is His name —

DARBY: [seek him] that made the Pleiades 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: Jehovah is his name.

DRA: Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and that turneth darkness into morning, and that changeth day into night: that calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.

KJV: Seek 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:

Amos 5:9

AMP: It is He who causes [sudden] destruction to flash forth on the strongSo that destruction comes on the fortress.

ASV: that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.

BSB: He flashes destruction on the strong,so that fury comes upon the stronghold.

DARBY: He causeth destruction to break forth suddenly upon the strong, and bringeth destruction upon the fortress.

DRA: He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty.

KJV: That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

Amos 5:10

AMP: ¶They hate the one who reprimands [the unrighteous] in the [court held at the city] gate [regarding him as unreasonable and rejecting his reprimand],And they detest him who speaks [the truth] with integrity and honesty.

ASV: They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

BSB: There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gateand despise him who speaks with integrity.

DARBY: They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

DRA: They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly.

KJV: They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

Amos 5:11

AMP: Therefore, because you impose heavy rent on the poorAnd demand a tribute (food-tax) of grain from them,Though you have built [luxurious] houses of square stone,You will not live in them;You have planted beautiful vineyards, but you will not drink their wine.

ASV: Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him 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 the wine thereof.

BSB: Therefore, because you trample on the poorand exact from him a tax of grain,you will never livein the stone houses you have built;you will never drink the winefrom the lush vineyards you have planted.

DARBY: Forasmuch, therefore, as ye trample upon the poor, and take from him presents of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, and ye shall not drink the wine of them.

DRA: Therefore because you robbed the poor, and took the choice prey from him: you shall build houses with square stone, and shall not dwell in them: you shall plant most delightful vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them.

KJV: Forasmuch 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.

Amos 5:12

AMP: For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great (shocking, innumerable),You who distress the righteous and take bribes,And turn away from the poor in the [court of the city] gate [depriving them of justice].

ASV: For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins-ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].

BSB: For I know that your transgressions are manyand your sins are numerous.You oppress the righteous by taking bribes;you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.

DARBY: For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside [the right of] the needy in the gate.

DRA: Because I know your manifold crimes, and your grievous sine: enemies of the just, taking bribes, and oppressing the poor in the gate.

KJV: For 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.

Amos 5:13

AMP: Therefore, he who is prudent and has insight will keep silent at such a [corrupt and evil] time, for it is an evil time [when people will not listen to truth and will disregard those of good character].

ASV: Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

BSB: Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times,for the days are evil.

DARBY: Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in this time; for it is an evil time.

DRA: Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is an evil time.

KJV: Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

Amos 5:14

AMP: ¶Seek (long for, require) good and not evil, that you may live;And so may the Lord God of hosts be with you,Just as you have said!

ASV: Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.

BSB: Seek good, not evil,so that you may live.And the LORD, the God of Hosts,will be with you, as you have claimed.

DARBY: Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say.

DRA: Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as you have said.

KJV: Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

Amos 5:15

AMP: Hate evil and love good,And establish justice in the [court of the city] gate.Perhaps the Lord God of hostsWill be gracious to the remnant of Joseph [that is, those who remain after God’s judgment].

ASV: Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

BSB: Hate evil and love good;establish justice in the gate.Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts,will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

DARBY: Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

DRA: Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

KJV: Hate 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.

Amos 5:16

AMP: Therefore, thus says the Lord God of hosts, the Lord,“There is wailing in all the public plazas,And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’And they call the farmers to mourning [for those who have died]And professional mourners to wailing.

ASV: Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to wailing.

BSB: Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says:“There will be wailing in all the public squaresand cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets.The farmer will be summoned to mourn,and the mourners to wail.

DARBY: Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all broadways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! alas! And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

DRA: Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of hosts the sovereign Lord: In every street there shall be wailing: and in all places that are without, they shall say: Alas, alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to lament.

KJV: Therefore 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.

Amos 5:17

AMP: “And in all vineyards there is wailing,For I will pass through your midst [in judgment],” says the Lord. [Ex 12:12]

ASV: And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.

BSB: There will be wailing in all the vineyards,for I will pass through your midst,”says the LORD.

DARBY: And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.

DRA: And in all vineyards there shall be wailing: because I will pass through in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

KJV: And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.

Amos 5:18

AMP: ¶Woe (judgment is coming) to you who desire the day of the Lord [expecting rescue from the Gentiles]!Why would you want the day of the Lord?It is darkness (judgment) and not light [and rescue and prosperity];

ASV: Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.

BSB: Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD!What will the Day of the LORD be for you?It will be darkness and not light.

DARBY: Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! To what end is the day of Jehovah for you? It shall be darkness and not light:

DRA: Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.

KJV: Woe 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.

Amos 5:19

AMP: It is as if a man runs from a lion [escaping one danger]And a bear meets him [so he dies anyway],Or goes home, and leans with his hand against the wallAnd a snake bites him.

ASV: As 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.

BSB: It will be like a man who flees from a lion,only to encounter a bear,or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall,only to be bitten by a snake.

DARBY: as if a man fled 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.

DRA: As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him: or enter into the house, and lean with his hand upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.

KJV: As 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.

Amos 5:20

AMP: Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, instead of light,Even very dark with no brightness in it?

ASV: Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

BSB: Will not the Day of the LORDbe darkness and not light,even gloom with no brightness in it?

DARBY: Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

DRA: Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light: and obscurity, and no brightness in it?

KJV: Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Amos 5:21

AMP: ¶“I hate, I despise and reject your [sacred] feasts,And I do not take delight in your solemn assemblies.

ASV: I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

BSB: “I hate, I despise your feasts!I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

DARBY: I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell [a sweet odour] in your solemn assemblies.

DRA: I hate, and have rejected your festivities: and I will not receive the odour of your assemblies.

KJV: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

Amos 5:22

AMP: “Even though you offer Me your burnt offerings and your grain offerings,I will not accept them;And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fattened animals.

ASV: Yea, though ye offer me your burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.

BSB: Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings,I will not accept them;for your peace offerings of fattened cattleI will have no regard.

DARBY: For if ye offer up unto me burnt-offerings and your oblations, I will not accept [them]; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fatted beasts.

DRA: And if you offer me holocausts, and your gifts, I will not receive them: neither will I regard the vows of your fat beasts.

KJV: Though 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.

Amos 5:23

AMP: “Take the noise of your songs away from Me [they are an irritation]!I shall not even listen to the melody of your harps.

ASV: Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

BSB: Take away from Me the noise of your songs!I will not listen to the music of your harps.

DARBY: Take away from me the noise of thy songs, and I will not hear the melody of thy lutes;

DRA: Take away from me the tumult of thy songs: and I will not hear the canticles of thy harp.

KJV: Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

Amos 5:24

AMP: “But let justice run down like watersAnd righteousness like an ever-flowing stream [flowing abundantly].

ASV: But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

BSB: But let justice roll on like a river,and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

DARBY: but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.

DRA: But judgment shall be revealed as water, and justice as a mighty torrent.

KJV: But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Amos 5:25

AMP: “Did you bring Me sacrifices and grain offerings during those forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? [Certainly not!]

ASV: Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

BSB: Did you bring Me sacrifices and offeringsforty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

DARBY: Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and oblations in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

DRA: Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me in the desert for forty years, O house of Israel?

KJV: Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

Amos 5:26

AMP: You carried along your king Sikkuth and Kayyun [your man-made gods of Saturn], your images of your star-god which you made for yourselves [but you brought Me none of the appointed sacrifices].

ASV: Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

BSB: You have taken along Sakkuth your kingand Kaiwan your star god,the idols you made for yourselves.

DARBY: Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of your Moloch, and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye had made to yourselves;

DRA: But you carried a tabernacle for your Moloch, and the image of your idols, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves.

KJV: But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

Amos 5:27

AMP: Therefore, I will send you to go into exile far beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts. [Acts 7:42, 43]

ASV: Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.

BSB: Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,”says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.

DARBY: and I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.

DRA: And I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the God of hosts is his name.

KJV: Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.

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