Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Therefore thus says lord LORD: An adversary [shall be], even round about the land, and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.
New American Standard Bible
Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
“An
Will pull down your
And your
King James Version
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
Holman Bible
Therefore, the Lord God says:
he will destroy
and plunder your citadels.
International Standard Version
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "An enemy will surround the land. He will pull down your defenses, and plunder your fortified citadels."
American Standard Version
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary there shall be , even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.
Amplified
Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
Shall pull down your strength from you
And your fortresses will be looted.”
Bible in Basic English
For this reason, says the Lord, an attacker will come, shutting in the land on every side; and your strength will come down and your great houses will be made waste.
Darby Translation
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary! even round about the land! And he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be pillaged.
Julia Smith Translation
For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: An adversary and round about the land; and he brought down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces were plundered.
King James 2000
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even all around the land; and he shall bring down your strength from you, and your palaces shall be plundered.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahweh, "A foe shall surround the land and bring down your strongholds, and your citadel fortresses shall be plundered."
Modern King James verseion
So the Lord Jehovah says this: An enemy! And he shall be all around the land; and he shall bring you down from your strength, and your palaces shall be plundered.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD God, 'This land shall be troubled and besieged round about, thy strength shall be plucked from thee, and thy palaces robbed.'
NET Bible
Therefore," says the sovereign Lord, "an enemy will encircle the land. He will take away your power; your fortresses will be looted."
New Heart English Bible
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered."
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore - Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, An adversary! Yea round about the land, - and he who shall bring down, from thee, thy strength, And spoiled shall be thy palaces.
Webster
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even around the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.
World English Bible
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered."
Youngs Literal Translation
Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: An adversary -- and surrounding the land, And he hath brought down from thee thy strength, And spoiled have been thy palaces.
Interlinear
Cabiyb
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 3:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Guilt And Punishment
10 For they do not know to do right, says LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. 11 Therefore thus says lord LORD: An adversary [shall be], even round about the land, and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered. 12 Thus says LORD: As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the sons of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.
Cross References
Amos 2:5
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Amos 6:14
For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, says LORD, the God of hosts, and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.
2 Kings 18:9-11
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
2 Kings 15:19
The king of Assyria came against the land Pul. And Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came, 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 As
2 Kings 17:3-6
Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him. And Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.
2 Chronicles 36:19
And they burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces of it with fire, and destroyed all the good vessels of it.
Isaiah 7:17-25
LORD will bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah--[even] the king of Assyria.
Isaiah 8:7-8
now therefore, behold, LORD brings up upon them the waters of the River, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks,
Isaiah 10:5-6
Ho, Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
Isaiah 10:9-11
Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?
Hosea 11:5-6
They shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be their king, because they refused to return [to me].
Amos 3:10
For they do not know to do right, says LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Amos 3:15
And I will smite the winter house with the summer house, and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, says LORD.
Amos 6:8
Lord LORD has sworn by himself, says LORD, the God of hosts: I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces, therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is therein.