Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will take me from after the sheep, and Jehovah will say to me, Go prophesy to my people Israel.
New American Standard Bible
But the Lord took me from
King James Version
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
Holman Bible
But the Lord took me from following the flock
International Standard Version
But the LORD took me from tending the flock and the LORD kept saying to me, "Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
A Conservative Version
And LORD took me from following the flock, and LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.
American Standard Version
and Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
Amplified
But the Lord took me as I followed the flock and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, be a prophet to my people Israel.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah took me as I followed the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
King James 2000
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Yahweh took me from [following] behind the sheep and goats and Yahweh said to me, "Go, prophesy to my people Israel!
Modern King James verseion
And Jehovah took me from behind the flock, and Jehovah said to me, Go, prophesy to My people Israel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
the LORD took me, and said unto me, 'Go thy way, and prophesy unto my people of Israel.'
NET Bible
Then the Lord took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission, 'Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!'
New Heart English Bible
and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
The Emphasized Bible
But Yahweh, took me away, from following the flock, - and Yahweh, said unto me, Go prophesy against my people Israel.
Webster
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.
World English Bible
and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
Youngs Literal Translation
and Jehovah taketh me from after the flock, and Jehovah saith unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.
Themes
Amaziah » An idolatrous priest at bethel
Amos » Forbidden to prophesy in israel
Call » To special religious duty » Amos
Interlinear
Laqach
Tso'n
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 7:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Amaziah's Opposition
14 And Amos will answer and say to Amaziah, I am no prophet, and I not the son of a prophet; for I a herdsman, and gathering figs of the sycamores. 15 And Jehovah will take me from after the sheep, and Jehovah will say to me, Go prophesy to my people Israel. 16 And now hear the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest thou shalt not prophesy against Israel, and thou shalt not drop against the house of Isaak.
Cross References
Ezekiel 2:3-4
And he will say to me, Son of man, I send thee to the sons of Israel, to rebellious nations who rebelled against me: they and their fathers transgressed against me even to this same day.
2 Samuel 7:8
And now thus shalt thou say to my servant, to David, Thus said Jehovah of armies, I took thee from quiet, from after the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
Jeremiah 1:7
And Jehovah will say to me, Thou shalt not say, I a boy; for thou shalt go to all to whom I shall send thee, and all which I shall command thee thou shalt speak
Psalm 78:70-72
And he will choose in David his servant, and he will take him from the folds of sheep.
Matthew 4:18-19
And Jesus, walking about by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon being called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a sweep-net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
Matthew 9:9
And Jesus, passing away from thence, saw a man sitting by the custom-house, being called Matthew, and he says to him, Follow me; and having risen he followed him.
Luke 24:46-48
And he said to them, That so has it been written, and so was it necessary for Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
Acts 1:8
But ye shall receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses to me also in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the last of the earth.
Acts 4:20
For we cannot, the things we have seen and heard, not speak.
Acts 5:20
Go ye, and having stood, speak in the temple all the words of this life.
Acts 5:29-32
And Peter having answered, and the sent, said, We must obey God rather than men.