AMOS 2:4 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, green:YHWH.
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BrLXX Τάδε λέγει Κύριος, ἐπὶ ταῖς τρισὶν ἀσεβείαις υἱῶν Ἰούδα, καὶ ἐπὶ ταῖς τέσσαρσιν οὐκ ἀποστραφήσουμαι αὐτὸν, ἕνεκα τοῦ ἀπώσασθαι αὐτοὺς τὸν νόμον τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ τὰ προστάγματα αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐφυλάξαντο, καὶ ἐπλάνησεν αὐτοὺς τὰ μάταια αὐτῶν ἃ ἐποίησαν, οἷς ἐξηκολούθησαν οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν ὀπίσω αὐτῶν.
(Tade legei Kurios, epi tais trisin asebeiais huiōn Youda, kai epi tais tessarsin ouk apostrafaʸsoumai auton, heneka tou apōsasthai autous ton nomon tou Kuriou, kai ta prostagmata autou ouk efulaxanto, kai eplanaʸsen autous ta mataia autōn ha epoiaʸsan, hois exaʸkolouthaʸsan hoi pateres autōn opisō autōn. )

BrTr Thus saith the Lord; For three sins of the children of Juda, and for four, I will not turn away from him; because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his ordinances, and their vain idols which they made, which their fathers followed, caused them to err.

ULT This is what Yahweh says:
⇔ “For three sins of Judah,
⇔ even for four,
⇔ I will not turn away punishment,
⇔ because they rejected the law of Yahweh
⇔ and did not keep his statutes.
⇔ Their lies caused them to go astray,
⇔ after which their fathers had also walked.

UST This is what Yahweh has declared regaring the people of Judah:
⇔ “I will punish the people of Judah because of the many sins that they have committed;
⇔ I will not change my mind about punishing them,
⇔ because they have rejected what I taught them
⇔ and they have not obeyed my commands.
⇔ They have been deceived and persuaded to worship false gods,
⇔ the same gods that their ancestors worshiped.

BSB § This is what the LORD says:
⇔ “For three transgressions of Judah, even four,
⇔ I will not revoke My judgment,
⇔ because they reject the Law of the LORD
⇔ and fail to keep His statutes;
⇔ they are led astray by the lies
⇔ in which their fathers walked.

OEB ⇔ The Lord says:
⇔ For Judah’s three crimes – no, four! –
⇔ I will not rescind my judgment.
⇔ They have rejected the law of the Lord
⇔ and have not kept his statutes.
⇔ Instead their false gods their ancestors followed,
⇔ have led them astray.

WEBBE The LORD says:
⇔ “For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four,
⇔ I will not turn away its punishment,
⇔ because they have rejected the LORD’s law,
⇔ and have not kept his statutes,
⇔ and their lies have led them astray,
⇔ after which their fathers walked;

WMBB (Same as above)

NET This is what the Lord says:
⇔ “Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions –
⇔ make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment.
⇔ They rejected the Lord’s law;
⇔ they did not obey his commands.
⇔ Their false gods,
⇔ to which their fathers were loyal,
⇔ led them astray.

LSV Thus said YHWH: “For three transgressions of Judah,
And for four, I do not reverse it,
Because of their loathing the Law of YHWH,
And His statutes they have not kept,
And their lies cause them to err,
After which their fathers walked,

FBV This is what the Lord says: The people of Judah have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept his commands. Their lies have led them astray, the same lies that their forefathers followed.

T4T ¶ Yahweh also said this:
⇔ “I will also punish the people of Judah because of the many sins that they have committed;
⇔ I will not change my mind about punishing them,
⇔ because they have rejected what I taught them
⇔ and they have not obeyed my commands.
⇔ They have been deceived and persuaded to worship false gods,
⇔ the same gods that their ancestors worshiped.

LEB Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Judah and for four I will not revoke the punishment,[fn] because they have rejected the law of Yahweh and have not kept his rules, and their lies have led them astray, after which their ancestors walked![fn]

2:4 Or “it”

2:4 Literally “which their ancestors walked after them”

BBE These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Judah, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have given up the law of the Lord, and have not kept his rules; and their false ways, in which their fathers went, have made them go out of the right way.

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JPS Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because they have rejected the law of the LORD, and have not kept His statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk.

ASV Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk.

DRA Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Juda, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath cast away the law of the Lord, and hath not kept his commandments: for their idols have caused them to err, after which their fathers have walked.

YLT Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, And for four, I do not reserve it, Because of their loathing the law of Jehovah, And His statutes they have not kept, And their lies do cause them to err, After which their fathers did walk,

Drby Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have despised the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes; and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers walked.

RV Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of the LORD, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after the which their fathers did walk:

Wbstr Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away their punishment : because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after which their fathers have walked:

KJB-1769 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
(¶ Thus saith/says the LORD; For three transgressions of Yudah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked: )

KJB-1611 ¶ Thus sayth the LORD, For three transgressions of Iudah, and for foure, I will not turne away the punishment thereof; because they haue despised the Law of the LORD, and haue not kept his Commandements, and their lies caused them to erre, after the which their fathers haue walked.
(¶ Thus saith/says the LORD, For three transgressions of Yudah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the Law of the LORD, and have not kept his Commandments, and their lies caused them to erre, after the which their fathers have walked.)

Bshps Thus sayth the Lorde, For three wickednesses of Iuda, and for foure I will not spare hym: because they haue cast away the lawe of the Lord, and haue not kept his ordinaunces, and their lies caused them to erre, after the which their fathers walked.
(Thus saith/says the Lord, For three wickednesss of Yudah, and for four I will not spare him: because they have cast away the law of the Lord, and have not kept his ordinaunces, and their lies caused them to erre, after the which their fathers walked.)

Gnva Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Iudah, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because they haue cast away the Lawe of the Lord, and haue not kept his commandementes, and their lies caused them to erre after the which their fathers haue walked.
(Thus saith/says the Lord, For three transgressions of Yudah, and for four, I will not turn to it, because they have cast away the Lawe of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to erre after the which their fathers have walked. )

Cvdl Thus sayeth the LORDE: for thre ad foure wickednesses of Iuda, I wil not spare him: because he hath cast asyde the lawe of the LORDE, and not kepte his commaundementes: for why, they wolde nedes be disceaued with the lyes, that their forefathers folowed.
(Thus saith/says the LORD: for three ad four wickednesss of Yudah, I will not spare him: because he hath/has cast asyde the law of the LORD, and not kept his commandments: for why, they would needs be deceived with the lyes, that their forefathers followed.)

Wycl The Lord seith these thingis, On thre grete trespassis of Juda, and on foure, Y schal not conuerte hym, for he hath caste awei the lawe of the Lord, and kepte not the comaundementis of hym; for her idols, after whiche the fadris of hem yeden, disseyueden hem.
(The Lord saith/says these things, On three great trespassis of Yudah, and on four, I shall not conuerte him, for he hath/has cast/threw away the law of the Lord, and kept not the commandmentis of him; for her idols, after which the fathers of them yeden, disseyueden them.)

Luth So spricht der HErr: Um drei und vier Laster willen Judas will ich sein nicht schonen, darum daß sie des HErr’s Gesetz verachten und seine Rechte nicht halten und lassen sich ihre Lügen verführen, welchen ihre Väter nachgefolget haben,
(So says the/of_the LORD: Um three and four Laster willen Yudas will I his not schonen, therefore that they/she/them the LORD’s law verachten and his lawe not hold and lassen itself/yourself/themselves their/her lie(s) verführen, welchen their/her fathers nachgefolget have,)

ClVg [Hæc dicit Dominus: Super tribus sceleribus Juda, et super quatuor non convertam eum, eo quod abjecerit legem Domini et mandata ejus non custodierit: deceperant enim eos idola sua, post quæ abierant patres eorum.
([This dicit Master: Super tribus sceleribus Yuda, and over four not/no convertam him, eo that abyecerit legem Master and mandata his not/no custodierit: deceperant because them idola sua, after which abierant patres their. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence -1) עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פִּשְׁעֵ֣י & וְ⁠עַל־אַרְבָּעָ֖ה

(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said YHWH on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in three transgressions Yehuda and,for four not revoke,him on/upon rejected,they DOM law YHWH and,statutes,his not kept and,led_~_astray,them lies,their which/who walked ancestors,their after,them )

This is a poetic device. It does not mean that a specific number of sins had been committed, but it indicates that many sins had led to God’s judgment.

(Occurrence -1) עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פִּשְׁעֵ֣י & וְ⁠עַל־אַרְבָּעָ֖ה

This is a poetic device. It does not mean that a specific number of sins had been committed, but it indicates that many sins had led to God’s judgment.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) Damascus

Here “Damascus” represents the people of the city of Damascus. Alternate translation: “the people of Damascus”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / litotes

(Occurrence 0) I will not turn away punishment

Yahweh uses two negatives here to emphasize that he would punish them. Alternate translation: “I will certainly punish those people”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) they threshed Gilead with instruments of iron

Yahweh speaks of how Damascus treated Gilead as if they had threshed grain with iron tools or weapons.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

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