AMOS 4:2 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ομνύει Κύριος κατὰ τῶν ἁγίων αὐτοῦ, διότι ἰδοὺ ἡμέραι ἔρχονται ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς, καὶ λήψονται ὑμᾶς ἐν ὅπλοις, καὶ τοὺς μεθʼ ὑμῶν εἰς λέβητας ὑποκαιομένους ἐμβαλοῦσιν ἔμπυροι λοιμοὶ,
(Omnuei Kurios kata tōn hagiōn autou, dioti idou haʸmerai erⱪontai efʼ humas, kai laʸpsontai humas en hoplois, kai tous methʼ humōn eis lebaʸtas hupokaiomenous embalousin empuroi loimoi, )

BrTr The Lord swears by his holiness, that, behold, the days come upon you, when they shall take you with weapons, and fiery destroyers shall cast those with you into boiling caldrons.

ULT The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness saying,
⇔ “Behold, the days will come on you
⇔ when they will take you away with hooks,
⇔ the last of you with fishhooks.

UST But Yahweh our God has said this:
⇔ “Because I am holy, I solemnly promise this:
⇔ It will soon be the time when you all will be taken to another country;
⇔ your enemies will take you away using sharp hooks to grab you.

BSB The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness:
⇔ “Behold, the days are coming
⇔ when you will be taken away with hooks,
⇔ and your posterity with fishhooks.

OEB ⇔ The Lord God has sworn by his holiness:
⇔ The time is coming when you will be carried away in baskets,
⇔ your children carried away in fish-baskets,

WEBBE The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness,
⇔ “Behold, the days shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks,
⇔ and the last of you with fish hooks.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The sovereign Lord confirms this oath by his own holy character:
⇔ “Certainly the time is approaching
⇔ when you will be carried away in baskets,
⇔ every last one of you in fishermen’s pots.

LSV Lord YHWH has sworn by His holiness,
“Behold, days are coming on you,
And He has taken you away with hooks,
And your posterity with fish-hooks.

FBV The Lord God has sworn by his holiness: Watch out! For the time is coming when they will drag you away with hooks, each one of you will be like a fish on a hook.

T4T But Yahweh our God has said this:
⇔ “Because I am holy, I solemnly promise this:
⇔ It will soon be the time when you all will be taken to another country;
⇔ your enemies will take you away as though they are using sharp hooks [DOU] to grab you.

LEB My Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness that, “Behold, the days are coming upon you when they[fn] will take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishing hooks.

4:2 Literally “and he”

BBE The Lord God has taken an oath by his holy name, that the days are coming when they will take you away with hooks, and the rest of you with fish-hooks.

Moff No Moff AMOS book available

JPS The Lord GOD hath sworn by His holiness: Lo, surely the days shall come upon you, that ye shall be taken away with hooks, and your residue with fish-hooks.

ASV The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that they shall take you away with hooks, and your residue with fish-hooks.

DRA The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that lo, the days shall come upon you, when they shall lift you up on pikes, and what shall remain of you in boiling pots.

YLT Sworn hath the Lord Jehovah by His holiness, That lo, days are coming upon you, And he hath taken you away with hooks, And your posterity with fish-hooks.

Drby the Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that behold, days shall come upon you, when he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fish-hooks;

RV The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that they shall take you away with hooks, and your residue with fish hooks.

Wbstr The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fish-hooks,

KJB-1769 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
(The Lord GOD hath/has sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. )

KJB-1611 The LORD God hath sworne by his holinesse, that loe, the dayes shall come vpon you, that he will take you away with hookes, and your posteritie with fish-hookes.
(The LORD God hath/has sworn by his holiness, that lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hookes, and your posterity with fish-hookes.)

Bshps The Lord God hath sworne by his holinesse, that lo, the dayes shal come vpon you, that he will take you away with thornes, and your posteritie with fishe hookes.
(The Lord God hath/has sworn by his holiness, that lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with thorns, and your posterity with fishe hookes.)

Gnva The Lord God hath sworne by his holines, that loe, the dayes shall come vpon you, that hee wil take you away with thornes, and your posteritie with fish hookes.
(The Lord God hath/has sworn by his holines, that lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with thorns, and your posterity with fish hookes. )

Cvdl Therfore the LORDE hath sworne by his holynesse: The dayes shall come vpon you, that ye shalbe lift vp vpo speares, and youre posterite caried awaye in fyssher pannes.
(Therefore the LORD hath/has sworn by his holiness: The days shall come upon you, that ye/you_all shall be lift up upo spears, and your(pl) posterite carried away in fyssher pannes.)

Wycl The Lord God swoor in his hooli, for lo! daies schulen come on you; and thei schulen reise you in schaftis, and youre remenauntis in buylynge pottis.
(The Lord God swoor in his hooli, for lo! days should come on you; and they should raise you in schaftis, and your(pl) remenauntis in buylynge pottis.)

Luth Der HErr HErr hat geschworen bei seiner Heiligkeit: Siehe, es kommt die Zeit über euch, daß man euch wird herausrücken mit Angeln und eure Nachkommen mit Fischhäklein.
(The LORD LORD has geschworen at his Heiligkeit: See, it comes the time above you, that man you becomes herausrücken with Angeln and your Nachkommen with Fischhäklein.)

ClVg Juravit Dominus Deus in sancto suo, quia ecce dies venient super vos, et levabunt vos in contis, et reliquias vestras in ollis ferventibus.
(Yuravit Master God in sancto suo, because behold days venient over vos, and levabunt you in contis, and reliquias your in ollis ferventibus. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness

(Some words not found in UHB: sworn my=master GOD in/on/at/with,holiness,his that/for/because/then/when see/lo/see! days coming upon,you_all and,take_~_away DOM,you_all in/on/at/with,hooks and,last,you_all in/on/at/with,hooks fish )

This means that Yahweh promised that he would do something, and he assured people that he would do what he promised because he is holy.

(Occurrence 0) the days will come on you

The word “you” refers to the wealthy women of Israel who lived in Samaria, but also includes men.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) the days will come on you when they will take you away with hooks

A time in the future when bad things will happen to the people is spoken of as if those days will attack the people. The word “they” refers to their enemies. Alternate translation: “There will be a time when your enemies will take you away with hooks”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) they will take you away with hooks, the last of you with fishhooks

These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize that the enemy will capture the people like people catch fish. Alternate translation: “they will capture you as people capture animals, and they take you away”

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