Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
For so says Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek Me, and you 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:
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 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 Jehovah: The city that went out by a thousand shall leave a hundred, and that which went out by a hundred shall have ten left in the house of Israel. 4 For so says Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek Me, and you shall live. 5 But do not seek Bethel nor enter into Gilgal, and do not pass to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into exile, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 55:3
Bow down your ear, and come to Me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
2 Chronicles 15:2
And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. Jehovah is with you while you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will be found by you. But if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
Zephaniah 2:3
Seek Jehovah, all the meek of the earth who have done His justice; seek righteousness; seek meekness. It may be you shall be hidden in the day of Jehovah's anger.
Deuteronomy 30:1-8
And it shall be when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and when you shall call them to mind among all the nations where Jehovah 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 perfect heart and with a willing mind. For Jehovah searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. 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
And Jehoshaphat feared and set himself to seek Jehovah, and called for a fast throughout all Judah.
2 Chronicles 34:3
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still 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 carved images, and the molten images.
Psalm 14:2
Jehovah looked down from Heaven on the sons of men, to see if there were any who understood and sought God.
Psalm 22:26
The meek shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek Jehovah shall praise Him; your heart shall live forever.
Psalm 27:8
My heart says to You, Seek my face; Your face, O Jehovah, I will seek;
Psalm 69:32
The humble shall see and be glad; and your heart shall live, you who seek God.
Psalm 105:3-4
Glory in His holy name; let the heart of those who seek Jehovah rejoice.
Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek Jehovah while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
Jeremiah 29:12-13
Then you shall call on Me, and you shall go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
Lamentations 3:25-26
Jehovah is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
Amos 5:6
Seek Jehovah, and you shall live; lest He break out like a fire on the house of Joseph and devour it, and there be none to put it out in Bethel.
Matthew 7:8
For each one who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, it shall be opened.