Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Surely the Lord God does nothing
Unless He reveals His secret counsel
To His servants the prophets.

King James Version

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Holman Bible

Indeed, the Lord God does nothing
without revealing His counsel
to His servants the prophets.

International Standard Version

"Truly the Lord GOD will do nothing he has mentioned without revealing his purposes to his servants the prophets.

A Conservative Version

Surely lord LORD will do nothing unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

American Standard Version

Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Amplified


Surely the Lord God does nothing
Without revealing His secret plan [of the judgment to come]
To His servants the prophets.

Bible in Basic English

Certainly the Lord will do nothing without making clear his secret to his servants, the prophets.

Darby Translation

But the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Julia Smith Translation

For the Lord Jehovah will not do a word but he will uncover his secret to his servants the prophets.

King James 2000

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Surely my Lord does not do anything unless he has revealed his secret to his servants the prophets.

Modern King James verseion

For the Lord Jehovah will do nothing unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Now doth the LORD God no manner of thing, but he telleth his secret before unto his servants the prophets.

NET Bible

Certainly the sovereign Lord does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.

New Heart English Bible

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

The Emphasized Bible

Surely My Lord Yahweh, will do, nothing, - except he have disclosed his secret unto his servants, the prophets!

Webster

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret to his servants the prophets.

World English Bible

Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

Youngs Literal Translation

For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Surely the Lord
אדני 
'Adonay 
Usage: 438

God
יהוה 
Y@hovih 
Usage: 302

will do

Usage: 0

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

but he revealeth
גּלה 
Galah 
Usage: 188

סוד 
Cowd 
Usage: 21

עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

References

Images Amos 3:7

Prayers for Amos 3:7

Context Readings

Israel's Guilt And Punishment

6 If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble?
If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it?
7 Surely the Lord God does nothing
Unless He reveals His secret counsel
To His servants the prophets.
8 A lion has roared! Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken! Who can but prophesy?



Cross References

Genesis 18:17

The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,

John 15:15

No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

Genesis 6:13

Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.

1 Kings 22:19-23

Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.

2 Kings 3:17-20

For thus says the Lord, ‘You shall not see wind nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your beasts.

2 Kings 6:12

One of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”

2 Kings 22:13

“Go, inquire of the Lord for me and the people and all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for great is the wrath of the Lord that burns against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.”

2 Kings 22:20

“Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place.”’” So they brought back word to the king.

Psalm 25:14

The secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him,
And He will make them know His covenant.

Jeremiah 23:22

“But if they had stood in My council,
Then they would have announced My words to My people,
And would have turned them back from their evil way
And from the evil of their deeds.

Daniel 9:22-27

He gave me instruction and talked with me and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you insight with understanding.

Daniel 10:21

However, I will tell you what is inscribed in the writing of truth. Yet there is no one who stands firmly with me against these forces except Michael your prince.

Daniel 11:2

And now I will tell you the truth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, he will arouse the whole empire against the realm of Greece.

Revelation 1:1

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John,

Revelation 1:19

Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things.

Revelation 4:1

After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.”

Revelation 6:1-17

Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, “Come.”

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