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Amos 5:8

Amos chapter 5 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

seek him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name);

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

seek him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name);

Context

v.7Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

v.8This passage

v.9that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.

Cross references

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

  • Psalms 107:10

    Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,

  • Matthew 4:16

    The people that sat in darkness Saw a great light, And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, To them did light spring up.

  • Exodus 14:24

    And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Jehovah looked forth upon the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians.

  • Job 38:12

    Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;

  • Job 38:31

    Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?

  • Psalms 104:6

    Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.