Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
See, I am crushing you down, as one is crushed under a cart full of grain.
New American Standard Bible
As a wagon
King James Version
Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
Holman Bible
as a wagon full of sheaves crushes grain.
International Standard Version
"Oh, how I am burdened down with you, as a wagon is overloaded with harvested grain!
A Conservative Version
Behold, I will press [you] in your place, as a cart presses that is full of sheaves.
American Standard Version
Behold, I will press you in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.
Amplified
“Behold, I am weighted down beneath you
As a cart that is weighted down when it is full of sheaves.
Darby Translation
Behold, I will press upon you, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, I am pressed under you as a wagon will be pressed being filled with the sheaf to it
King James 2000
Behold, I am weighted down under you, as a cart is weighted down that is full of sheaves.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look! I [am] going to press [you] down in your place just as a utility cart full of mature stalks of grain [is pressed down].
Modern King James verseion
Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart full of sheaves is pressed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, I will crash you in sunder, like as a wain crasheth, that is full of sheaves:
NET Bible
Look! I will press you down, like a cart loaded down with grain presses down.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! I, am pressed under you, - as a full cart is pressed by its sheaves,
Webster
Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
World English Bible
Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, I am pressing you under, As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf.
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 2:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment On Israel
12 But to those who were separate you gave wine for drink; and to the prophets you said, Be prophets no longer. 13 See, I am crushing you down, as one is crushed under a cart full of grain. 14 And flight will be impossible for the quick-footed, and the force of the strong will become feeble, and the man of war will not get away safely:
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 1:14
Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them.
Psalm 78:40
How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!
Isaiah 7:13
And he said, Give ear now, O family of David: is it not enough that you are driving men to disgust? will you do the same to my God?
Isaiah 43:24
You have not got me sweet-smelling plants with your money, or given me pleasure with the fat of your offerings: but you have made me a servant to your sins, and you have made me tired with your evil doings.
Ezekiel 6:9
And those of you who are kept safe will have me in mind among the nations where they have been taken away as prisoners, how I sent punishment on their hearts which were untrue to me, and on their eyes which were turned to their false gods: and they will be full of hate for themselves because of the evil things which they have done in all their disgusting ways.
Ezekiel 16:43
Because you have not kept in mind the days when you were young, but have been troubling me with all these things; for this reason I will make the punishment of your ways come on your head, says the Lord, because you have done this evil thing in addition to all your disgusting acts.
Malachi 2:17
You have made the Lord tired with your words. And still you say, How have we made him tired? By your saying, Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and he has delight in them; or, Where is God the judge?