Parallel Verses
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:
Darby Translation
For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
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 says the Lord GOD: "The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went out a hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel."
4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel,
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Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
2 Chronicles 15:2
and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The LORD is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
Zephaniah 2:3
Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 30:1-8
"And when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God has driven you,
1 Chronicles 28:9
"And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
2 Chronicles 20:3
Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
2 Chronicles 34:3
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet a boy, he began to seek the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, and the carved and the metal images.
Psalm 14:2
The LORDlooks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.
Psalm 22:26
The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live forever!
Psalm 27:8
You have said, "Seek my face." My heart says to you, "Your face, LORD, do I seek."
Psalm 69:32
When the humble see it they will be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.
Psalm 105:3-4
Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!
Isaiah 55:6-7
"Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;
Jeremiah 29:12-13
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
Lamentations 3:25-26
The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
Amos 5:6
Seek the LORD and live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, with none to quench it for Bethel,
Matthew 7:8
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.