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 hath the Lord GOD said: The city that sent out a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which sent forth a hundred shall have ten, in 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 unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an eternal covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
2 Chronicles 15:2
and he went out to meet Asa and said unto him, Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The LORD 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 ye the LORD, all ye humble of the earth, who have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek humility: it may be ye shall be kept in the day of the LORD'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 return unto thy heart among all the Gentiles, where the LORD thy God shall have driven thee,
1 Chronicles 28:9
And thou, Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy father and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing soul, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
2 Chronicles 20:3
Then Jehoshaphat feared and set himself 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 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 groves and the graven images and the molten images.
Psalm 14:2
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that did understand and seek God.
Psalm 22:26
The poor shall eat and be satisfied: those that seek him shall praise the LORD; your heart shall live for ever.
Psalm 27:8
My heart has spoken unto me from thee, Seek my face. Thy face, O LORD, will I seek.
Psalm 69:32
The humble shall see this and be glad; seek God and thy heart shall live.
Psalm 105:3-4
Glory in his holy name; let the heart of those that 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 ye shall call upon me, and ye shall walk in my ways and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Lamentations 3:25-26
Teth The LORD is good unto those that wait in him, to the soul that seeks him.
Amos 5:6
Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph and devour it, and there be no one 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.