Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise -- for he is small?'
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?"
NET Bible
I said, "Sovereign Lord, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!"
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."
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 7:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Second Vision: Fire
4 Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, the Lord Jehovah is calling to contend by fire, and it consumeth the great deep, yea, it hath consumed the portion, and I say: 5 Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise -- for he is small?' 6 Jehovah hath repented of this, 'It also shall not be,' said the Lord Jehovah.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 85:4
Turn back to us, O God of our salvation, And make void Thine anger with us.
Isaiah 1:9
Unless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly -- as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like!
Isaiah 10:25
For yet a very little, And the indignation hath been completed, And Mine anger by their wearing out.
Jeremiah 30:19
And gone forth from them hath thanksgiving, And the voice of playful ones, And I have multiplied them and they are not few, And made them honourable, and they are not small.
Joel 2:17
Between the porch and the altar weep let the priests, ministrants of Jehovah, And let them say: 'Have pity, O Jehovah, on Thy people, And give not Thy inheritance to reproach, To the ruling over them of nations, Why do they say among peoples, Where is their God?'
Amos 7:2-3
and it hath come to pass, when it hath finished to consume the herb of the land, that I say: 'Lord Jehovah, forgive, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise -- for he is small?'