Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
New American Standard Bible
For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel,
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King James Version
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
Holman Bible
For the Lord says to the house of Israel:
International Standard Version
"For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: "Seek me and live,
A Conservative Version
For thus says LORD to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
American Standard Version
For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;
Amplified
For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel,
Bible in Basic English
For these are the words of the Lord to the children of Israel: Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have life:
Julia Smith Translation
For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye me and live:
King James 2000
For thus says the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek me, and you shall live:
Lexham Expanded Bible
For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel, "Seek me so that you may live."
Modern King James verseion
For so says Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek Me, and you shall live.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Nevertheless, thus sayeth the LORD unto the house of Israel, 'Seek after me, and ye shall live;
NET Bible
The Lord says this to the family of Israel: "Seek me so you can live!
New Heart English Bible
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: "Seek me, and you will live;
The Emphasized Bible
For, thus, saith Yahweh, to the house of Israel, - Seek me, and live;
Webster
For thus saith the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
World English Bible
For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel: "Seek me, and you will live;
Youngs Literal Translation
For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live,
Interlinear
Bayith
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 5:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Lament And Call To Repentance
3 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, for the house of Israel. 4 For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live. 5 And seek not Bethel, neither go to Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies of David.
2 Chronicles 15:2
And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you while ye are with him; and if ye seek him he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him he will forsake you.
Zephaniah 2:3
Seek Jehovah, all ye meek of the land, who have performed his ordinance; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.
Deuteronomy 30:1-8
And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt take them to heart among all the nations whither Jehovah thy God hath driven thee,
1 Chronicles 28:9
And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off for ever.
2 Chronicles 20:3
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek Jehovah, and proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
2 Chronicles 34:3
And in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherahs, and the graven images, and the molten images.
Psalm 14:2
Jehovah looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
Psalm 22:26
The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise Jehovah that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
Psalm 27:8
My heart said for thee, Seek ye my face. Thy face, O Jehovah, will I seek.
Psalm 69:32
The meek shall see it, they shall be glad; ye that seek God, your heart shall live.
Psalm 105:3-4
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.
Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.
Jeremiah 29:12-13
And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you;
Lamentations 3:25-26
Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Amos 5:6
Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
Matthew 7:8
For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.