Amos 8:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.”
Amos 8:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Amos 8:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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Amos 8:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The songs of the temple will be wailing in that day,” says the Lord Yahweh. “The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.”
Amos 8:3 — World English Bible
Amos 8:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah: the dead bodies shall be many; in every place shall they cast them forth with silence. ”
Amos 8:3 — American Standard Version
Amos 8:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And howled have songstresses of a palace in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Many <FI>are<Fi> the carcases, into any place throw--hush!”
Amos 8:3 — Young's Literal Translation
Amos 8:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the songs of the palace shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah. The dead bodies shall be many; in every place they shall be cast forth. Silence! ”
Amos 8:3 — Darby Translation
Amos 8:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the songs of the Temple shalbe howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: many dead bodies shalbe in euery place: they shall cast them forth with silence.”
Amos 8:3 — Geneva Bible
Amos 8:3 in Context — Amos 8
1 Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
What Does Amos 8:3 Mean?
Amos 8:3 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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