Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
This is what he let me see: and I saw the Lord stationed by a wall made straight by a weighted line, and he had a weighted line in his hand.
New American Standard Bible
Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing
King James Version
Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
Holman Bible
He showed me this: The Lord was standing there by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.
International Standard Version
This is what he showed me: Look! The Lord was standing upon a wall that stood straight and true, with a plumb line in his hand.
A Conservative Version
Thus he showed me: And, behold, LORD stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.
American Standard Version
Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.
Amplified
Thus He showed me [a vision], and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand [to determine if the wall was straight or if it needed to be destroyed].
Darby Translation
Thus did he shew unto me; and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.
Julia Smith Translation
Thus he caused me to see: and behold, Jehovah stood upon a wall of lead, and lead in his hand.
King James 2000
Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
Lexham Expanded Bible
This is what he showed me: Behold, my Lord [was] standing beside a wall [built with] a plummet, and a plummet [was] in his hand.
Modern King James verseion
He made me see this: And behold, the Lord was standing by the plumbline-wall, and a plumbline in His hand.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moreover, he showed me this vision: behold, the LORD stood upon a plastered wall, and a mason's trowel in his hand.
NET Bible
He showed me this: I saw the sovereign One standing by a tin wall holding tin in his hand.
New Heart English Bible
Thus he showed me and behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
The Emphasized Bible
Here, he gave me to see, and lo! My Lord, stationed upon a pinnacle, - and, in his hand a plummet.
Webster
Thus he showed me: and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.
World English Bible
Thus he showed me and behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thus hath He shewed me, and lo, the Lord is standing by a wall made according to a plumb-line, and in His hand a plumb-line;
Themes
Jeroboam » King of israel » Prophecies concerning
Symbols and similitudes » The plumb-line
Interlinear
Ra'ah
Natsab
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 7:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Third Vision: A Plumb Line
6 The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, And this will not be. 7 This is what he let me see: and I saw the Lord stationed by a wall made straight by a weighted line, and he had a weighted line in his hand. 8 And the Lord said to me, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A weighted line. Then the Lord said, See, I will let down a weighted line among my people Israel; never again will my eyes be shut to their sin:
Cross References
2 Kings 21:13
And over Jerusalem will be stretched the line of Samaria and the weight of Ahab; Jerusalem will be washed clean as a plate is washed, and turned over on its face.
2 Samuel 8:2
And he overcame the Moabites, and he had them measured with a line when they were stretched out on the earth; marking out two lines for death and one full line for life. So the Moabites became servants to David and gave him offerings.
Isaiah 28:17
And I will make right decision the measuring-line, and righteousness the weight: and the ice-storm will take away the safe place of false words, and the secret place will be covered by the flowing waters.
Isaiah 34:11
But the birds of the waste land will have their place there; it will be a heritage for the bittern and the raven: and it will be measured out with line and weight as a waste land.
Lamentations 2:8
It is the Lord's purpose to make waste the wall of the daughter of Zion; his line has been stretched out, he has not kept back his hand from destruction: he has sent sorrow on tower and wall, they have become feeble together.
Ezekiel 40:3
He took me there, and I saw a man, looking like brass, with a linen cord in his hand and a measuring rod: and he was stationed in the doorway.
Zechariah 2:1-2
And lifting up my eyes, I saw a man with a measuring-line in his hand.
Revelation 11:1
And there was given to me a measuring rod: and one said, Go up and take the measure of the house of God, and the altar, and the worshippers in it.
Revelation 21:15
And he who was talking with me had a gold measuring-rod to take the measure of the town, and of its doors, and its wall.