Amos 5:18

What does Amos 5:18 mean?

A plain-English look at Amos 5:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why <FI>is<Fi> this to you--the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! To what end is the day of Jehovah for you? It shall be darkness and not light:

Context

v.17And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.

v.18This passage

v.19As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 9:19

    Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burnt up; and the people are as the fuel of fire: no man spareth his brother.

  • Joel 2:31

    The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.

  • Ezekiel 12:27

    Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of times that are far off.

  • Malachi 4:1

    For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

  • Joel 2:1

    Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of Jehovah cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

  • Malachi 3:1

    Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.

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