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 · 2000but 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 · 1611But 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 · 1901but 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 · 1949But 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 · 1862and <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) · 1752But 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 · 1890But prophesy not again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.
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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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