Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

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

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.

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 the horn is sounded in the town will the people not be full of fear? will evil come on a town if the Lord has not done it? 7 Certainly the Lord will do nothing without making clear his secret to his servants, the prophets. 8 The cry of the lion is sounding; who will not have fear? The Lord God has said the word; is it possible for the prophet to keep quiet?



Cross References

Genesis 18:17

And the Lord said, Am I to keep back from Abraham the knowledge of what I do;

John 15:15

No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.

Genesis 6:13

And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.

1 Kings 22:19-23

And he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, with all the army of heaven in their places round him at his right hand and at his left.

2 Kings 3:17-20

For the Lord says, Though you see no wind or rain, the valley will be full of water, and you and your armies and your beasts will have drink.

2 Kings 6:12

And one of them said, Not one of us, my lord king; but Elisha, the prophet in Israel, gives the king of Israel news of the words you say even in your bedroom.

2 Kings 22:13

Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which is burning against us, because our fathers have not given ear to the words of this book, to do all the things which are recorded in it.

2 Kings 22:20

For this cause I will let you go to your fathers and be put in your last resting-place in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will send on this place. So they took this news back to the king.

Psalm 25:14

The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.

Jeremiah 23:22

But if they had been in my secret, then they would have made my people give ear to my words, turning them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

Daniel 9:22-27

And teaching me and talking to me he said, O Daniel, I have come now to give you wisdom.

Daniel 10:21

But I am going back to make war with the angel of Persia, and when I am gone, the angel of Greece will come. And there is no one on my side against these, but Michael, your angel.

Daniel 11:2

And now I will make clear to you what is true. There are still three kings to come in Persia, and the fourth will have much greater wealth than all of them: and when he has become strong through his wealth, he will put his forces in motion against all the kingdoms of Greece.

Revelation 1:1

The Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave him so that his servants might have knowledge of the things which will quickly take place: and he sent and made it clear by his angel to his servant John;

Revelation 1:19

Put in writing, then, the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will be after these;

Revelation 4:1

After these things I saw a door open in heaven, and the first voice came to my ears, like the sound of a horn, saying, Come up here, and I will make clear to you the things which are to come.

Revelation 6:1-17

And I saw when the Lamb undid one of the stamps, and the voice of one of the four beasts came to my ears, saying as with a voice of thunder, Come and see.

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