AMOS 5:4 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Διότι τάδε λέγει Κύριος πρὸς τὸν οἶκον Ἰσραὴλ, ἐκζητήσατέ με, καὶ ζήσεσθε.
(Dioti tade legei Kurios pros ton oikon Israaʸl, ekzaʸtaʸsate me, kai zaʸsesthe. )

BrTr Wherefore thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live.

ULT For this is what Yahweh says to the house of Israel:
⇔ “Seek me and live!

UST This is what Yahweh has declared to the people of Israel:
⇔ “You Israelite people, return to me!
⇔ If you do that, you will continue to remain alive.

BSB § For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel:
⇔ “Seek Me and live!

OEB ⇔ For the Lord says this to Israel:
⇔ Seek me and live,

WEBBE For the LORD says to the house of Israel:
⇔ “Seek me, and you will live;

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The Lord says this to the family of Israel:
⇔ “Seek me so you can live!

LSV For thus said YHWH to the house of Israel: “Seek Me, and live,

FBV This is what the Lord says to the people of Israel: Look to me so you may live!

T4T ¶ Yahweh continues to say to the people [MTY] of Israel:
⇔ “You Israeli people, return to me!
⇔ If you do that, you will continue to remain alive.

LEB For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel, “Seek me so that you may live.”

BBE For these are the words of the Lord to the children of Israel: Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have life:

Moff No Moff AMOS book available

JPS For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live;

ASV For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;

DRA For thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and you shall live.

YLT For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live,

Drby For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.

RV For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

Wbstr For thus saith the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

KJB-1769 ¶ For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
(¶ For thus saith/says the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye/you_all me, and ye/you_all shall live: )

KJB-1611 ¶ For thus saith the LORD vnto the house of Israel, Seeke ye mee, and ye shall liue.
(¶ For thus saith/says the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seeke ye/you_all me, and ye/you_all shall live.)

Bshps For thus sayth the Lord vnto the house of Israel, Seke ye me, and ye shall liue.
(For thus saith/says the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seke ye/you_all me, and ye/you_all shall live.)

Gnva For thus saith the Lord vnto the house of Israel, Seeke ye me, and ye shall liue.
(For thus saith/says the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seeke ye/you_all me, and ye/you_all shall live. )

Cvdl Neuertheles, thus sayeth the LORDE vnto ye house of Israel: Seke after me, ad ye shal lyue,
(Nevertheless, thus sayeth the LORD unto ye/you_all house of Israel: Seke after me, ad ye/you_all shall live,)

Wycl For the Lord seith these thingis to the hous of Israel, Seke ye me, and ye schulen lyue;
(For the Lord saith/says these things to the house of Israel, Seke ye/you_all me, and ye/you_all should lyue;)

Luth Darum so spricht der HErr zum Hause Israel: Suchet mich, so werdet ihr leben!
(Therefore so says the/of_the LORD for_the house Israel: Suchet mich, so becomet you/their/her life!)

ClVg Quia hæc dicit Dominus domui Israël: Quærite me, et vivetis.
(Because these_things dicit Master domui Israel: Quærite me, and vivetis. )

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Worship in Jerusalem

The Old Testament prophets realized that genuine worship depends on a proper understanding of God and his requirements. God had determined that the Temple in Jerusalem would be the central location of worship for his people. The Lord roared from Zion and thundered from Jerusalem (1:2). It was unacceptable for the Israelites to set up a central worship site in any place other than his authorized Temple in Jerusalem. But after the Israelite kingdom divided, the king of the north, Jeroboam, established alternative worship centers and discouraged his people from going to Jerusalem to worship. Over time, various worship sites were constructed—in the north and the south. But no matter how many sacrifices were offered or how elaborate the rituals performed there (5:4-5), these were not the places for worship God had chosen.

In the New Testament, worship is no longer tied to a particular location; worship may occur wherever believers choose to gather (see Matt 18:20). But it must be conducted as God directs: “in spirit and in truth” (John 4:23-24). In both the Old and New Testaments, an emphasis is placed upon the authenticity of worship.

Passages for Further Study

Deut 12:5; 1 Kgs 11:36; 2 Chr 6:6; Neh 1:9; 11:1; Isa 2:3; 52:1; 56:7; Joel 3:17; Amos 5:4-5; Zech 8:20-22; Matt 4:5; Luke 19:46; John 2:16; 4:21-24; Heb 12:18-29; Rev 21:2, 10; 22:19

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