Amos 3:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?”
Amos 3:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Amos 3:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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Amos 3:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy?”
Amos 3:8 — World English Bible
Amos 3:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy?”
Amos 3:8 — American Standard Version
Amos 3:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“A lion hath roared--who doth not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken--who doth not prophesy?”
Amos 3:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Amos 3:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“The lion hath roared, — who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken, — who can but prophesy? ”
Amos 3:8 — Darby Translation
Amos 3:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The lyon hath roared: who will not bee afraide? the Lord God hath spoken: who can but prophecie?”
Amos 3:8 — Geneva Bible
Amos 3:8 in Context — Amos 3
6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
10 For they know not to do right, saith the Lord, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
What Does Amos 3:8 Mean?
Amos 3:8 is a verse from the Book of Amos, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Amos chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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