Amos 7:5
What does Amos 7:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Amos 7:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then said I, O Lord God, let there be an end: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise--for he <FI>is<Fi> small?'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I said: O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee, who shall raise up Jacob, for he is a little one?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 30:19
And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
- Joel 2:17
Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Jehovah, and give not thy heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
- Isaiah 10:25
For yet a very little while, and the indignation against thee shall be accomplished, and mine anger shall be directed to his destruction.
- Amos 7:2
And it came to pass that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
- Psalms 85:4
Turn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
- Isaiah 1:9
Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
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