Amos 3:6
What does Amos 3:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Amos 3:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If the horn is sounded in the town will the people not be full of fear? will evil come on a town if the Lord has not done it?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done <FI>it<Fi> ?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Shall the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, which the Lord hath not done?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and Jehovah not have done [it]?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 6:1
Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction.
- Jeremiah 4:5
Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry aloud and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.
- Acts 4:28
to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.
- Ezekiel 33:3
if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
- Jeremiah 5:22
Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
- Zephaniah 1:16
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
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