Amos 5:27
What does Amos 5:27 mean?
A plain-English look at Amos 5:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And I will send you away as prisoners farther than Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of armies.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I removed you beyond Damascus, Said Jehovah, God of Hosts <FI>is<Fi> His name.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the God of hosts is his name.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is theGod of hosts.
Context
v.26Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Amos 4:13
For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought; that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth—Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.
- 2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
- 2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
- Acts 7:43
And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of the god Rephan, The figures which ye made to worship them: And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
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