Amos 7:13

What does Amos 7:13 mean?

A plain-English look at Amos 7:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But prophesy not again any more at Beth–el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But be a prophet no longer at Beth-el: for it is the holy place of the king, and the king's house.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and <FI>at<Fi> Beth-El do not add to prophesy any more, for it <FI>is<Fi> the king's sanctuary, and it <FI>is<Fi> the royal house.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But prophesy not again any more in Bethel: because it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

But prophesy not again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.

Context

v.12Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thou away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

v.13This passage

v.14Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore-trees:

Cross references

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

  • Acts 5:28

    saying, We strictly charged you not to teach in this name: and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.

  • Acts 5:40

    And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles unto them, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

  • Acts 4:17

    But that it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

  • Amos 2:12

    But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

  • 1 Kings 12:32

    And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he went up unto the altar; so did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places that he had made.

  • 1 Kings 12:29

    And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.

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