Amos 5:6 — Bible Verse (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 Beth–el.”
Amos 5:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Amos 5:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Amos 5:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Seek Yahweh, and you will live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.”
Amos 5:6 — World English Bible
Amos 5:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Amos 5:6 — American Standard Version
Amos 5:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Seek ye Jehovah, and live, Lest He prosper as fire <FI>against<Fi> the house of Joseph, And it hath consumed, And there is no quencher for Beth-El.”
Amos 5:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Amos 5:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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. ”
Amos 5:6 — Darby Translation
Amos 5:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Seeke the Lord, and yee shall liue, least he breake out like fire in the house of Ioseph and deuoure it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.”
Amos 5:6 — Geneva Bible
Amos 5:6 in Context — Amos 5
4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
5 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.
6 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 Beth–el.
7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
8 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:
What Does Amos 5:6 Mean?
Amos 5:6 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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