Amos 5:23
What does Amos 5:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Amos 5:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Turn aside from Me the noise of thy songs, Yea, the praise of thy psaltery I hear not.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Take away from me the tumult of thy songs: and I will not hear the canticles of thy harp.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Take away from me the noise of thy songs, and I will not hear the melody of thy lutes;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Amos 6:5
that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
- Amos 8:3
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 8:10
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
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