Amos 8:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:”
Amos 8:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Amos 8:11 in 6 Bible Translations
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Amos 8:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Behold, the days come,” says the Lord Yahweh, “that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing Yahweh’s words.”
Amos 8:11 — World English Bible
Amos 8:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah. ”
Amos 8:11 — American Standard Version
Amos 8:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Lo, days are coming, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I have sent a famine into the land, Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water But of hearing the words of Jehovah.”
Amos 8:11 — Young's Literal Translation
Amos 8:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Behold, days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I will send a famine in the land; not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah. ”
Amos 8:11 — Darby Translation
Amos 8:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Beholde, the dayes come, sayeth the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the lande, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the word of the Lord.”
Amos 8:11 — Geneva Bible
Amos 8:11 in Context — Amos 8
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:
12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
What Does Amos 8:11 Mean?
Amos 8:11 is a verse from the Book of Amos, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Amos chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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