Amos 5:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Amos 5:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Amos 5:1 in 6 Bible Translations

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Amos 5:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel:”

Amos 5:1 — World English Bible

Amos 5:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Amos 5:1 — American Standard Version

Amos 5:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Hear this word that I am bearing to you, A lamentation, O house of Israel:”

Amos 5:1 — Young's Literal Translation

Amos 5:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Amos 5:1 — Darby Translation

Amos 5:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Heare ye this worde, which I lift vp vpon you, euen a lamentation of the house of Israel.”

Amos 5:1 — Geneva Bible

Amos 5:1 in Context — Amos 5

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

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

3 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.

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What Does Amos 5:1 Mean?

Amos 5:1 is a verse from the Book of Amos, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Amos chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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