Parallel Verses
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;
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].
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.
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.
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 Jehovah hath repented of this, 'It also shall not be,' said the Lord Jehovah. 7 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; 8 and Jehovah saith unto me, 'What art thou seeing, Amos?' And I say, 'A plumb-line;' and the Lord saith: 'Lo, I am setting a plumb-line in the midst of My people Israel, I do not add any more to pass over to it.
Cross References
2 Kings 21:13
And I have stretched out over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and wiped Jerusalem as one wipeth the dish -- he hath wiped, and hath turned it on its face.
2 Samuel 8:2
And he smiteth Moab, and measureth them with a line, causing them to lie down on the earth, and he measureth two lines to put to death, and the fulness of the line to keep alive, and the Moabites are to David for servants, bearers of a present.
Isaiah 28:17
And I have put judgment for a line, And righteousness for a plummet, And sweep away doth hail the refuge of lies, And the secret hiding-place do waters overflow.
Isaiah 34:11
And possess her do pelican and hedge-hog, And owl and raven dwell in her, And He hath stretched out over her A line of vacancy, and stones of emptiness.
Lamentations 2:8
Devised hath Jehovah to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion, He hath stretched out a line, He hath not turned His hand from destroying, And He causeth bulwark and wall to mourn, Together -- they have been weak.
Ezekiel 40:3
And He bringeth me in thither, and lo, a man, his appearance as the appearance of brass, and a thread of flax in his hand, and a measuring-reed, and he is standing at the gate,
Zechariah 2:1-2
And I lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a man, and in his hand a measuring line.
Revelation 11:1
And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, 'Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it;
Revelation 21:15
And he who is speaking with me had a golden reed, that he may measure the city, and its gates, and its wall;