Amos 5:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Amos 5:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Amos 5:23 in 6 Bible Translations

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Amos 5:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.”

Amos 5:23 — World English Bible

Amos 5:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Amos 5:23 — American Standard Version

Amos 5:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Turn aside from Me the noise of thy songs, Yea, the praise of thy psaltery I hear not.”

Amos 5:23 — Young's Literal Translation

Amos 5:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Amos 5:23 — Darby Translation

Amos 5:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Take thou away from me the multitude of thy songs (for I wil not heare the melodie of thy violes)”

Amos 5:23 — Geneva Bible

Amos 5:23 in Context — Amos 5

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

22 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.

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

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

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

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What Does Amos 5:23 Mean?

Amos 5:23 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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