Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
In that day the temple
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
International Standard Version
At that time," declares the Lord GOD, "the temple songs will be wailing. Many bodies will accumulate everywhere.
A Conservative Version
And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, says lord LORD. The dead bodies shall be many. In every place they shall cast them forth with silence.
American Standard Version
And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah: the dead bodies shall be many: in every place shall they cast them forth with silence.
Amplified
In that day, the songs of the palace shall turn to wailing,” says the Lord God. “There will be many dead bodies; in [sacred] silence they will throw them everywhere.”
Bible in Basic English
And the songs of the king's house will be cries of pain in that day, says the Lord God: great will be the number of the dead bodies, and everywhere they will put them out without a word.
Darby Translation
And the songs of the palace shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah. The dead bodies shall be many; in every place they shall be cast forth. Silence!
Julia Smith Translation
The songs of the temple wailed in that day, says the Lord Jehovah; many a corpse in every place being cast forth: silence.
King James 2000
And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, says the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth in silence.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"And the songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day," {declares} my Lord Yahweh. "The corpses are numerous; he throws them in every place. Be quiet!"
Modern King James verseion
And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, says the Lord Jehovah. The dead bodies shall be many. In every place one shall throw them out, saying, Hush!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
In that day shall the songs of the temple be turned in to sorrow," sayeth the LORD God. "Many dead bodies shall lie in every place, and be cast forth secretly.
NET Bible
The women singing in the temple will wail in that day." The sovereign Lord is speaking. "There will be many corpses littered everywhere! Be quiet!"
New Heart English Bible
The songs of the temple will be wailings in that day," says the Lord GOD. "The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.
The Emphasized Bible
but palace-songs, shall become howlings, in that day, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, - Many shall be the dead bodies in every place - cast forth - with a hush!
Webster
And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
World English Bible
The songs of the temple will be wailings in that day," says the Lord Yahweh. "The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.
Youngs Literal Translation
And howled have songstresses of a palace in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Many are the carcases, into any place throw -- hush!
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 8:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Basket Of Ripe Fruit
2
He asked me, “What do you see, Amos?”
I replied, “A basket of summer fruit.”
The Lord said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel;
and do away with the poor of the land,
Cross References
Amos 5:23
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
Amos 6:9-10
And if there are 10 men left in one house, they will die.
Amos 8:10
and all your songs into lamentation;
I will cause everyone
and every head to be shaved.
I will make that grief
like mourning for an only son
and its outcome like a bitter day.
Leviticus 10:3
So Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord meant when He said:
to those who are near Me,
and I will reveal My glory
before all the people.”
But Aaron remained silent.
Psalm 39:9
because of what You have done.
Isaiah 37:36
Then
Jeremiah 9:21-22
it has entered our fortresses,
cutting off children from the streets,
young men from the squares.
Jeremiah 22:18
Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning Jehoiakim
“Woe, my brother!” or “Woe, my sister!”
They will not mourn for him, saying,
“Woe, lord! Woe, his majesty!”
Hosea 10:5-6
over the calf
Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it;
the people will mourn over it,
over its glory.
It will certainly depart from them.
Joel 1:5
wail, all you wine drinkers,
because of the sweet wine,
for it has been taken from your mouth.
Joel 1:11
wail, you vinedressers,
over the wheat and the barley,
because the harvest of the field has perished.
Joel 1:13
wail,
Come and spend the night in sackcloth,
you ministers of my God,
because grain and drink offerings
are withheld from the house of your God.
Amos 4:10
I killed your young men with the sword,
along with your captured horses.
I caused the stench of your camp
to fill your nostrils,
yet you did not return to Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Amos 5:16
Therefore Yahweh, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says:
they will cry out in anguish
The farmer will be called on to mourn,
and professional mourners
Nahum 3:3
flashing sword,
shining spear;
heaps of slain,
mounds of corpses,
dead bodies without end
they stumble over their dead.
Zechariah 11:1-3
and fire will consume your cedars.