Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For behold, the Lord is going to
King James Version
For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
Holman Bible
For the Lord commands:
and the small house to rubble.
International Standard Version
For indeed, the LORD is giving the command and he will smash the large house to rubble and the small house into bits.
A Conservative Version
For, behold, LORD commands, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
American Standard Version
For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
Amplified
For behold, the Lord is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.
Bible in Basic English
For see, at the order of the Lord the great house will be full of cracks and the little house will be broken.
Darby Translation
For behold, Jehovah commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
Julia Smith Translation
For behold, Jehovah commands, and he struck the great house with breaches, and the small house with clefts.
King James 2000
For, behold, the LORD commands, and he will strike the great house into pieces, and the little house into bits.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, Yahweh [is] going to command and the great house will be destroyed [to] bits and the little house [to] pieces.
Modern King James verseion
For, behold, Jehovah commands, and He will strike the great house into pieces, and the little house into cracks.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, the LORD is minded to smite the great houses, so that they shall decay: and the little houses, that they shall cleave asunder.
NET Bible
Indeed, look! The Lord is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces.
New Heart English Bible
"For, behold, the LORD commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.
The Emphasized Bible
For lo! Yahweh, is giving command, and will smite the great house into ruins, - and the little house with clefts.
Webster
For behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
World English Bible
"For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.
Youngs Literal Translation
For lo, Jehovah is commanding, And He hath smitten the great house with breaches, And the little house with clefts.
Interlinear
Tsavah
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 6:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Abhors Israel's Pride
10
When a man's uncle takes the body to be burned and brings the bones out of the house he will say to the innermost parts of the house: 'Is there yet any one here?' And he will say, 'No.' Then he will say: 'Hold your peace. We may not make mention of the name of Jehovah.'
11 For behold, the Lord is going to
Phrases
Cross References
Amos 3:15
I will strike (destroy) the winter house and the summer house. The houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will come to an end, said Jehovah.
Isaiah 55:11
so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
2 Kings 25:9
He had the Temple of Jehovah, the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire.
Psalm 105:16
Furthermore, he called for a famine on the land: he broke the whole staff of bread.
Psalm 105:31
He spoke, and swarms of flies and gnats infested their entire territory.
Psalm 105:34
He spoke, and countless locusts and grasshoppers came.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
By indolence the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house collapses.
Isaiah 10:5-6
How horrible it will be for Assyria! It is the rod of my anger. My fury is in the staff of the Assyrians' hands.
Isaiah 13:3
I have commanded my consecrated ones. I have called my mighty warriors. My proud ones are to express my anger, those who rejoice in my majesty (excellency).
Isaiah 46:10-11
I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: 'My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.'
Ezekiel 29:18-20
Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder was rubbed bare. But he and his army had no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had performed against it.
Hosea 13:16
The people of Samaria are guilty as charged because they rebelled against their God. They will be killed in war, their children will be smashed to death, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.
Amos 3:6-7
Will the trumpet be blown in a city and the people not be afraid? Will disaster happen to a city and Jehovah not cause it?
Amos 6:8
The Lord Jehovah has sworn by himself. Jehovah, the God of Hosts declares: I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his palaces. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
Amos 9:1
I saw Jehovah standing beside the altar. He said: Strike the capitals that the thresholds may shake! Break them in pieces on the head of all of them and I will slay the last of them with the sword. Not one of them will get away. Not one of them will escape!
Amos 9:9
I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations! Like grain is sifted in a sieve, yet the least kernel will not fall on the earth.
Nahum 1:14
Jehovah has given command concerning you [Nineveh]. Your name will no longer be perpetuated. I will throw your gods, graven and molten images out of your house. I despise you! You are contemptible! I will prepare your grave.
Zechariah 14:2
I will gather all nations to battle against Jerusalem! The city will be defeated. The houses will be plundered and the women raped! Half of the city will be taken into captivity. The remainder of the people will not be removed from the city.
Luke 19:44
They will knock you and your children down to the ground. They will not leave one stone upon another. What's more you do not know when this visit will take place.