Parallel Verses
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."
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.
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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Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 3:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Guilt And Punishment
1
Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
2
Therefore I will
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:6
"For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
Romans 2:9
There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,
Exodus 19:5-6
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;
Deuteronomy 10:15
Yet the LORD set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples, as you are this day.
Psalm 147:19
He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and rules to Israel.
Daniel 9:12
He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us, by bringing upon us a great calamity. For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem.
Genesis 10:32
These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.
Deuteronomy 26:18
And the LORD has declared today that you are a people for his treasured possession, as he has promised you, and that you are to keep all his commandments,
Deuteronomy 32:9
But the LORD's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.
Isaiah 63:19
We have become like those over whom you have never ruled, like those who are not called by your name.
Jeremiah 1:15
For behold, I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, declares the LORD, and they shall come, and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah.
Jeremiah 9:25
"Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will punish all those who are circumcised merely in the flesh--
Jeremiah 10:25
Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not, and on the peoples that call not on your name, for they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
Jeremiah 11:22
therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: "Behold, I will punish them. The young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall die by famine,
Jeremiah 13:21
What will you say when they set as head over you those whom you yourself have taught to be friends to you? Will not pangs take hold of you like those of a woman in labor?
Jeremiah 14:10
Thus says the LORD concerning this people: "They have loved to wander thus; they have not restrained their feet; therefore the LORD does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins."
Ezekiel 9:6
Kill old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but touch no one on whom is the mark. And begin at my sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were before the house.
Ezekiel 20:36-38
As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the Lord GOD.
Hosea 2:13
And I will punish her for the feast days of the Baals when she burned offerings to them and adorned herself with her ring and jewelry, and went after her lovers and forgot me, declares the LORD.
Hosea 8:13
As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
Hosea 9:9
They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity; he will punish their sins.
Nahum 3:4
And all for the countless whorings of the prostitute, graceful and of deadly charms, who betrays nations with her whorings, and peoples with her charms.
Zechariah 14:17-18
And if any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, there will be no rain on them.
Matthew 11:20-24
Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.
Luke 12:47-48
And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.
Acts 17:26
And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,
1 Peter 4:17
For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?