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 · 2000

Shall 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 · 1611

Shall 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 · 1901

Shall 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 · 1949

If 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 · 1862

Is 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) · 1752

Shall 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 · 1890

Shall 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

v.5Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is set for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?

v.6This passage

v.7Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets.

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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