Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Only you, have I acknowledged, of all the families of the ground, For this cause, will I visit upon you all your iniquities.
New American Standard Bible
Therefore I will
King James Version
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Holman Bible
out of all the clans of the earth;
therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.
International Standard Version
"You alone have I known from among all of the families of mankind; therefore I will hold you accountable for all your iniquities.'"
A Conservative Version
You only I have known of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
American Standard Version
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
Amplified
“I have known [chosen, cared for, and loved] only you of all the families of the earth;
Therefore I shall punish you for all your wickedness.”
Bible in Basic English
You only of all the families of the earth have I taken care of: for this reason I will send punishment on you for all your sins.
Darby Translation
You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities.
Julia Smith Translation
You only did I know from all the families of the earth: for this I will review over you all your iniquities.
King James 2000
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"You only have I {chosen} of all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Modern King James verseion
You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
'You only have I accepted from all the generations of the earth: therefore will I visit you in all your wickednesses.
NET Bible
"I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins."
New Heart English Bible
"You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins."
Webster
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
World English Bible
"You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins."
Youngs Literal Translation
Only you I have known of all families of the land, Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities.
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 3:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Guilt And Punishment
1 Hear ye this word, which Yahweh hath spoken, concerning you, ye sons of Israel, - concerning the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt saying: - 2 Only you, have I acknowledged, of all the families of the ground, For this cause, will I visit upon you all your iniquities. 3 Can two walk together, - except they meet?
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:6
For a holy people, art thou unto Yahweh thy God: of thee, hath Yahweh thy God, made choice, that thou shouldest become his people as a treasure, above all the peoples that are on the face of the ground:
Romans 2:9
tribulation and anguish - against every soul of man who worketh out what is base, both of Jew first and of Greek, -
Exodus 19:5-6
Now, therefore, if ye will, indeed hearken, to my voice, And keep my covenant, Then shall ye be mine as a treasure beyond all the peoples, For, mine, is all the earth;
Deuteronomy 10:15
Only unto thy fathers, Yahweh became attached so as to love them, - therefore made he choice of their seed after them - of you - out of all the peoples, (as at this day).
Psalm 147:19
Declaring his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his regulations, unto Israel.
Daniel 9:12
Thus hath he confirmed his words which he had spoken against us, and against our judges who had judged us, by bringing in upon us a great calamity, - as to which there had not been done, under all the heavens, as hath been done unto Jerusalem.
Genesis 10:32
These, are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations in their nations, and from these, were dispersed the nations in the earth after the flood.
Deuteronomy 26:18
And, Yahweh, hath avowed to-day that thou shalt be, his people, as a treasure, as he spake unto thee, - and that thou shalt observe all his commandments;
Deuteronomy 32:9
For, Yahweh's portion is his people, - Jacob, his inherited possession.
Isaiah 63:19
We have become like those Over whom from age-past times, thou hast not ruled, Who have never been called by thy name!
Jeremiah 1:15
For behold me! calling for all the families of the kingdoms of the North, Declareth Yahweh, - and they shall come, and set every one his throne at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem and against all her walls round about, and against all the cities of Judah!
Jeremiah 9:25
Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, - When I will bring punishment upon every one circumcised, With him that is uncircumcised:
Jeremiah 10:25
Pour out thy wrath - Upon the nations that know thee not, and Upon the families that, upon thy Name, have not called, - For they have devoured Jacob Yea they have devoured him and consumed him, And, his habitation, have they made desolate.
Jeremiah 11:22
Therefore, Thus saith Yahweh of hosts, - Behold me! bringing punishment upon them, The young men, shall die by the sword, Their sons and their daughters, shall die by famine;
Jeremiah 13:21
What wilt thou say when he shall bring punishment upon thee, Since, thou thyself, hast accustomed them to be over thee as friends in chief? Shall not, pangs, seize thee, as of a woman in childbirth?
Jeremiah 14:10
Thus, saith Yahweh To this people In this way, have they loved to wander, Their feet, have they not restrained, - Yahweh, therefore hath not accepted them, Now, will he call to mind their iniquity, - That he may punish their sins.
Ezekiel 9:6
elder, young man and virgin and little ones and women, shall ye slay utterly, but unto any man who hath upon him the mark, do not ye come near, and at my sanctuary, shall ye begin. So they began with the elder men. who were before the house.
Ezekiel 20:36-38
Just as I contended with yore fathers in the desert of the land of Egypt, So will I contend with you, Declareth My Lord Yahweh;
Hosea 2:13
So will I visit upon her the days of the Baals, unto whom she used to burn incense, and decked herself with her nose-ring and her jewelry, and went her way after her lovers, - whereas, me, she forgat, Declareth Yahweh.
Hosea 8:13
My sacrificial gifts, have they been sacrificing as common flesh, and have eaten, Yahweh, hath not accepted them, - Now, will he call to mind their iniquity, that he may punish their sin, they, to Egypt, will return.
Hosea 9:9
They have deeply corrupted themselves, like the days of Gibeah: he will call to mind their iniquity, he will punish their sins.
Nahum 3:4
Because of the multitude of the unchaste doings of the unchaste one, fair in grace, mistress of secret arts, - who hath been selling nations by her unchaste doings, families by her secret arts,
Zechariah 14:17-18
And it shall come to pass that - whoso shall not come up out of the families of the earth unto Jerusalem, to bow down to the king, Yahweh of hosts, - there shall not, on them, be any rain.
Matthew 11:20-24
Then, began he to upbraid the cities, in which had been done his noblest mighty works; because they repented not: -
Luke 12:47-48
And, that servant, who had come to know the will of his lord, and neither prepared, nor wrought unto his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;
Acts 17:26
he made also, of one, every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, - marking out fitting opportunities, and the bounds of their dwelling place,
1 Peter 4:17
For it is the ripe time for the judgment to begin with the house of God; but, if first with us, what shall be the end of them who yield not unto the glad-message of God?