Amos 5:21

Amos chapter 5 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

Context

v.20Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

v.21This passage

v.22Yea, though ye offer me your burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.

Cross references

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

Leviticus 26:31
And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!
Jeremiah 7:21
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh.
Proverbs 28:9
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
Genesis 8:21
And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for that the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.
Philippians 4:18
But I have all things, and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.