Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, I am pressing you under, As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf.
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.
Bible in Basic English
See, I am crushing you down, as one is crushed under a cart full of grain.
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.
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 2:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment On Israel
12 And ye cause the Nazarites to drink wine, And on the prophets ye have laid a charge, Saying, 'Do not prophecy!' 13 Lo, I am pressing you under, As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf. 14 And perished hath refuge from the swift, And the strong strengtheneth not his power, And the mighty delivereth not his soul.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 1:14
Your new moons and your set seasons hath My soul hated, They have been upon me for a burden, I have been weary of bearing.
Psalm 78:40
How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?
Isaiah 7:13
And he saith, 'Hear, I pray you, O house of David, Is it a little thing for you to weary men, That ye weary also my God?
Isaiah 43:24
Thou hast not bought for Me with money sweet cane, And with the fat of thy sacrifices hast not filled Me, Only -- thou hast caused Me to serve with thy sins, Thou hast wearied Me with thine iniquities.
Ezekiel 6:9
And remembered Me have your escaped among nations, Whither they have been taken captive, Because I have been broken with their heart that is going a-whoring, That hath turned aside from off Me, And with their eyes they are going a-whoring after their idols, And they have been loathsome in their own faces, For the evils that they have done -- all their abominations.
Ezekiel 16:43
Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, And dost give trouble to Me in all these, Lo, even I also thy way at first gave up, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I did not this thought for all thine abominations.
Malachi 2:17
Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, And ye have said: 'In what have we wearied Him?' In your saying: 'Every evil-doer is good in the eyes of Jehovah, And in them He is delighting,' Or, 'Where is the God of judgment?'