Parallel Verses
NET Bible
I said, "Sovereign Lord, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!"
New American Standard Bible
Then I said,
“
King James Version
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Holman Bible
Then I said, “Lord God, please stop!
International Standard Version
So I kept on saying, "Lord GOD, forgive please! How will Jacob stand, since he is so small?"
A Conservative Version
Then I said, O lord LORD, cease, I beseech thee. How shall Jacob stand, for he is small?
American Standard Version
Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
Amplified
Then I said,
How can Jacob stand,
For he is so small [that he cannot endure this]?”
Bible in Basic English
Then said I, O Lord God, let there be an end: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.
Darby Translation
Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Julia Smith Translation
And saying, O Lord Jehovah, cease now: who shall cause Jacob to rise? for he is small.
King James 2000
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then I said, " Lord Yahweh, please stop! How can Jacob stand, because he [is] small?"
Modern King James verseion
Then I said, O Lord Jehovah, I pray You, cease. How can Jacob stand? For he is small.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said I, "O LORD God, hold thine hand: who should else help up Jacob that is brought so low?"
New Heart English Bible
Then I said, "Lord GOD, stop, I beg you. How could Jacob stand? For he is small."
The Emphasized Bible
Then said I, My Lord, Yahweh, forbear, I beseech thee, By whom shall Jacob, arise? for, small, he is.
Webster
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
World English Bible
Then I said, "Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small."
Youngs Literal Translation
Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise -- for he is small?'
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 7:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Second Vision: Fire
4 The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw the sovereign Lord summoning a shower of fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields. 5 I said, "Sovereign Lord, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!" 6 The Lord decided not to do this. The sovereign Lord said, "This will not happen either."
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 85:4
Restore us, O God our deliverer! Do not be displeased with us!
Isaiah 1:9
If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 10:25
For very soon my fury will subside, and my anger will be directed toward their destruction."
Jeremiah 30:19
Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter and merriment. I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away. I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised.
Joel 2:17
Let the priests, those who serve the Lord, weep from the vestibule all the way back to the altar. Let them say, "Have pity, O Lord, on your people; please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked, to become a proverb among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples, "Where is their God?"
Amos 7:2-3
When they had completely consumed the earth's vegetation, I said, "Sovereign Lord, forgive Israel! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!"