Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Listen and testify against the house of Jacob," {declares} my Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts.
New American Standard Bible
Declares the Lord God, the God of hosts.
King James Version
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
Holman Bible
this is the declaration of the Lord God,
the God of Hosts.
International Standard Version
"Listen and testify against the house of Jacob," declares the Lord GOD, the God of the Heavenly Armies,
A Conservative Version
Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, says lord LORD, the God of hosts.
American Standard Version
Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts.
Amplified
“Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”
Says the Lord God, the God of hosts,
Bible in Basic English
Give ear now, and give witness against the family of Jacob, says the Lord God, the God of armies;
Darby Translation
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts,
Julia Smith Translation
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, says the Lord Jehovah, God of armies.
King James 2000
Hear you, and testify in the house of Jacob, says the Lord GOD, {} the God of hosts,
Modern King James verseion
Hear and testify in the house of Jacob, says the Lord Jehovah, the God of Hosts,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hear, and bear record in the house of Jacob,' sayeth the LORD God of hosts.
NET Bible
Listen and warn the family of Jacob! The sovereign Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking!
New Heart English Bible
"Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob," says the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts.
The Emphasized Bible
Hear ye and bear witness, throughout the house of Jacob, - Commandeth My Lord, Yahweh, God of hosts:
Webster
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
World English Bible
"Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob," says the Lord Yahweh, the God of Armies.
Youngs Literal Translation
Hear ye and testify to the house of Jacob, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, God of Hosts.
Interlinear
Shama`
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 3:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Guilt And Punishment
12 Thus says Yahweh, "Just as the shepherd rescues two legs or a piece of an ear from the mouth of the lion, so shall the {people} of Israel who dwell in Samaria, with the corner of a couch and the damask of a bed." 13 "Listen and testify against the house of Jacob," {declares} my Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts. 14 "For on the day I punish Israel for {its transgression}, I will also punish the altars of Bethel and the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:19
And it will happen [that] if you indeed forget Yahweh your God and you go after other gods and you serve them and you bow down before them, I warn you today that you will surely perish.
Deuteronomy 30:18-19
I declare to you {today} that you will certainly perish; {you will not extend your time} on the land that you are crossing the Jordan to go there to take possession of it.
Joshua 22:22
"Yahweh, God of gods! Yahweh, God of gods knows. And let Israel itself know, if [it was] in rebellion or treachery against Yahweh, do not spare us this day
2 Kings 17:13
Yahweh warned Israel and Judah by the hand of his every prophet, [with] every seer saying, "Turn from all of your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my ordinances, according to all the law which I commanded your ancestors, which I sent to you by the hand of my servants the prophets."
2 Kings 17:15
They rejected his statutes, his covenant which he {made} with their ancestors, and his warnings which he gave to them; and they went after the idols, became vain, and [went] after all the nations which [were] all around them, which Yahweh had commanded them not to do as they [did].
2 Chronicles 24:19
But he sent prophets among them, to bring them back to Yahweh. And they testified against them, and they did not obey.
Isaiah 1:24
Therefore, the declaration of the Lord Yahweh of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will be relieved of my enemies, and I will avenge myself on my foes.
Ezekiel 2:7
And you must speak my words to them whether they listen or whether they fail [to listen], for they [are] rebellious.
Amos 5:27
And I will deport you beyond Damascus," says Yahweh--the God of hosts [is] his name.
Acts 2:40
And with many other words he solemnly urged and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this crooked generation!"
Acts 18:5-6
Now when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began to be occupied with the message, solemnly testifying to the Jews [that] the Christ was Jesus.
Acts 20:21
testifying both to Jews and to Greeks with respect to repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.
Ephesians 4:17
This therefore I say and testify in the Lord, [that] you no longer walk as the Gentiles walk: in the futility of their mind,
1 Thessalonians 4:6
not to transgress and to exploit his brother in the matter, because the Lord [is] the one who avenges concerning all these [things], just as also we told you beforehand and testified solemnly.