AMOS 6:14 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim, green:YHWH.
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BrLXX Διότι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐπεγερῶ ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς οἶκος Ἰσραὴλ ἔθνος, λέγει Κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων, καὶ ἐκθλίψουσιν ὑμᾶς τοῦ μὴ εἰσελθεῖν εἰς Αἰμὰθ, καὶ ὡς τοῦ χειμάῤῥου τῶν δυσμῶν.
(Dioti idou egō epegerō efʼ humas oikos Israaʸl ethnos, legei Kurios tōn dunameōn, kai ekthlipsousin humas tou maʸ eiselthein eis Aimath, kai hōs tou ⱪeimaɽɽou tōn dusmōn. )

BrTr For behold, O house of Israel, I will raise up against you a nation, saith the Lord of hosts; and they shall afflict you so that ye shall not enter into Æmath, and as it were from the river of the wilderness.

ULT Therefore, behold, I will raise up against you a nation,
⇔ house of Israel—this is the declaration of Yahweh, the God of hosts.
⇔ They will afflict you
⇔ from Lebo Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”

UST Therefore, Yahweh, the commander of the angel armies, has declared this:
⇔ “Behold, I will cause a certain nation to attack you people of Israel;
⇔ they will oppress you all the way from Hamath Pass in the northwest
⇔ to the brook of the Arabah.

BSB For behold, I will raise up a nation
⇔ against you, O house of Israel,”
⇔ declares the LORD, the God of Hosts,
⇔ “and they will oppress you
⇔ from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”

OEB I am now raising up against you,
⇔ Israel, a nation,
⇔ says the Lord, the God of hosts.
⇔ They will oppress you,
⇔ from the entrance of Hamath
⇔ to the brook of the Arabah.

WEBBE For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,”
⇔ says the LORD, the God of Armies;
⇔ “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”

WMBB For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,”
⇔ says the LORD, the God of Hosts;
⇔ “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”

NET “Look! I am about to bring a nation against you, family of Israel.”
⇔ The Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking.
⇔ “They will oppress you all the way from Lebo-Hamath to the Stream of the Arabah.”

LSV “Surely, behold, I am raising a nation against you, O house of Israel,”
A declaration of YHWH, God of Hosts,
“And they have oppressed you from the coming in to Hamath,
To the stream of the desert.”

FBV Watch out, people of Israel! I am going to send an enemy nation to attack you, says the Lord God of power, and they will oppress you from the Pass of Hamath to the Arabah Valley.[fn]

6:14 Meaning from the north to the south. The Arabah Valley is the Jordan Valley.

T4T ⇔ But the Commander of the armies of angels declares,
⇔ “I will cause another nation to attack you people [MTY] of Israel;
⇔ they will ◄oppress you/cause you to suffer► all the way from Hamath Pass in the northwest
⇔ to the Dead Sea in the southeast.”

LEB Indeed, I am going to raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, declares[fn] Yahweh, the God of hosts. And they shall oppress you from Lebo-hamath up to the wadi of the Arabah.

6:14 Literally “a declaration of”

BBE For see, I will send against you a nation, O Israel, says the Lord, the God of armies, ruling you cruelly from the way into Hamath as far as the stream of the Arabah.

Moff No Moff AMOS book available

JPS For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD, the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath unto the Brook of the Arabah.

ASV For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of the Arabah.

DRA You that rejoice in a thing of nought: you that say: Have we not taken unto us horns by our own strength?

YLT Surely, lo, I am raising against you a nation, O house of Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah, God of Hosts, And they have oppressed you from the coming in to Hamath, Unto the stream of the desert.

Drby For behold, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah the [fn]God of hosts, I will raise up against you a nation; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hamath unto the torrent of the Arabah.

6.14 Elohim

RV For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD, the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hamath unto the brook of the Arabah.

Wbstr But behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the river of the wilderness.

KJB-1769 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.[fn]
(But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith/says the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness. )

6.14 river: or, valley

KJB-1611 [fn]But beholde, I wil raise vp against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD, the God of hostes, and they shall afflict you from the entring in of Hemath, vnto the riuer of the wildernesse.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

6:14 Or, valley.

Bshps But behold, I wil rayse vp against you a nation O house of Israel, sayth the Lorde God of hoastes, and they shall afflict you from the entring of Hemath, vnto the riuer of the wildernesse.
(But behold, I will raise up against you a nation O house of Israel, saith/says the Lord God of hosts, and they shall afflict you from the entering of Hemath, unto the river of the wilderness.)

Gnva But behold, I wil raise vp against you a nation, O house of Israel, sayeth the Lord God of hostes: and they shall afflict you, from the entring in of Hamath vnto the riuer of the wildernes.
(But behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, sayeth the Lord God of hosts: and they shall afflict you, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of the wildernes. )

Cvdl Well, take hede, o ye house off Israel, sayeth the LORDE God of hoostes: I wil brynge a people vpo you, which shall trouble you, from the waye that goeth towarde Hemath, vnto the broke in the medowe.
(Well, take hede, o ye/you_all house off Israel, sayeth the LORD God of hoostes: I will bring a people upo you, which shall trouble you, from the way that goeth/goes towarde Hemath, unto the broke in the meadow.)

Wycl And ye ben glad in nouyt, and ye seien, Whether not in oure strengthe we token to vs hornes?
(And ye/you_all been glad in nought/nothing, and ye/you_all said, Whether not in our strengthe we token to us horns?)

Luth Darum siehe, ich will über euch vom Haus Israel ein Volk erwecken, spricht der HErr, der GOtt Zebaoth, das soll euch ängsten von dem Ort an, da man gen Hemath gehet, bis an den Bach in der Wüste.
(Therefore look, I will above you from_the house Israel a people erwecken, says the/of_the LORD, the/of_the God Zebaoth, the should you ängsten from to_him place an, there man to/toward Hemath gehet, until at the Bach in the/of_the desert.)

ClVg Qui lætamini in nihilo; qui dicitis: Numquid non in fortitudine nostra assumpsimus nobis cornua?
(Who lætamini in nihilo; who dicitis: Numquid not/no in fortitudine nostra assumpsimus us cornua? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) look

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when behold,I raise_up against,you_all house_of Yisrael declares YHWH god the,hosts nation and,oppress DOM,you_all from,entrance, Ḩₐmāt until brook the,arabah )

Alternate translation: “listen” or “pay attention”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) from Lebo Hamath to the brook of the Arabah

Here “Lebo Hamath” represents the northern border of Israel, and “brook of the Arabah” represents the southern border. Alternate translation: “from the northern border of your nation to the southern border”

(Occurrence 0) brook

a small river that flows only during the wet season

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