AMOS 9:9 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Διότι ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαι, καὶ λικμήσω ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσι τὸν οἶκον Ἰσραὴλ, ὃν τρόπον λικμᾶται ἐν τῷ λικμῷ, καὶ οὐ μὴ πέσῃ σύντριμμα ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.
(Dioti egō entellomai, kai likmaʸsō en pasi tois ethnesi ton oikon Israaʸl, hon tropon likmatai en tōi likmōi, kai ou maʸ pesaʸ suntrimma epi taʸn gaʸn. )

BrTr For I will give commandment, and sift the house of Israel among all the Gentiles, as corn is sifted in a sieve, and yet a fragment shall not in any wise fall upon the earth.

ULT For, behold, I will give a command,
⇔ and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations,
⇔ as one shakes grain in a sieve,
⇔ so that not the smallest stone will fall to the ground.

UST Take note! Because you treated your fellow person injustly, I will send my judgment. I will punish the people of Israel for their sins, along with the other nations. My judgment will be thorough; not one wicked person will survive.

BSB “For surely I will give the command,
⇔ and I will shake the house of Israel
⇔ among all the nations
⇔ as grain is sifted in a sieve;
⇔ but not a pebble will reach the ground.

OEB For behold I am about to give the command,
⇔ and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations
⇔ just as one shakes grain in a sieve,
⇔ but not a pebble shall fall to the ground.

WEBBE “For behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel amongst all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “For look, I am giving a command
⇔ and I will shake the family of Israel together with all the nations.
⇔ It will resemble a sieve being shaken,
⇔ when not even a pebble falls to the ground.

LSV “For behold, I am commanding,
And I have shaken among all the nations the house of Israel,
As [one] shakes with a sieve,
And there does not fall a grain [to] the earth.

FBV See what I'm doing! I will give the command, and the people of Israel will be shaken among the nations like flour through a sieve, and nothing will fall to the ground.

T4T ⇔ When I command it, it will be as though I will shake you Israeli people who are living in various nations,
⇔ like [MET] a farmer shakes a sieve to separate the stone pebbles from the grain,
⇔ in order that they do not fall on the ground with the grain.

LEB “Yes, look, I am going to command and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations like one who shakes with a sieve, but not a pebble will fall to the ground.

BBE For see, I will give orders, and I will have Israel moved about among all the nations, as grain is moved about by the shaking of the tray, but not the smallest seed will be dropped on the earth.

Moff No Moff AMOS book available

JPS For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

ASV For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least kernel fall upon the earth.

DRA For behold I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as corn is sifted in a sieve: and there shall not a little stone fall to the ground.

YLT For lo, I am commanding, And I have shaken among all the nations the house of Israel, As [one] doth shake with a sieve, And there falleth not a grain [to] the earth.

Drby For behold, I command, and I will shake the house of Israel to and fro among all the nations, like as one shaketh [corn] in a sieve; yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

RV For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

Wbstr For lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

KJB-1769 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.[fn][fn]

9.9 sift: Heb. cause to move

9.9 grain: Heb. stone

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]For loe, I will commaund, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corne is sifted in a sieue, yet shall not the least graine fall vpon the earth.
(For lo, I will commaund, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieue, yet shall not the least graine fall upon the earth.)

9:9 Heb. cease to moue.

9:9 Heb. stone.

Bshps For lo, I will commaunde, and I will sifte the house of Israel among all nations, like as corne is sifted in a siue: yet shall not the least stone fall vpon the earth.
(For lo, I will commaunde, and I will sifte the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a siue: yet shall not the least stone fall upon the earth.)

Gnva For loe, I will command and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corne is sifted in a sieue: yet shall not the least stone fall vpon the earth.
(For lo, I will command and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieue: yet shall not the least stone fall upon the earth. )

Cvdl For lo, this I promyse: though I siffte ye house of Israel amonge all nacions (like as they vse to sifte in a syue) yet shall not ye smallest grauel stone fall vpo the earth:
(For lo, this I promyse: though I siffte ye/you_all house of Israel among all nations (like as they use to sifte in a syue) yet shall not ye/you_all smallest grauel stone fall upo the earth:)

Wycl For lo! Y schal comaunde, and schal schake the hous of Israel in alle folkis, as wheete is in a riddil, and a litil stoon schal not falle on erthe.
(For lo! I shall comaunde, and shall schake the house of Israel in all folks/people, as wheat is in a riddil, and a little stone shall not fall on earth.)

Luth Aber doch siehe, ich will befehlen und das Haus Israel unter allen Heiden sichten lassen, gleichwie man mit einem Siebe sichtet, und die Körnlein sollen nicht auf die Erde fallen.
(But though/but look, I will befehlen and the house Israel under all heathens sichten lassen, gleichwie man with one Siebe sichtet, and the Körnlein sollen not on the earth fallen.)

ClVg Ecce enim mandabo ego, et concutiam in omnibus gentibus domum Israël, sicut concutitur triticum in cribro, et non cadet lapillus super terram.
(Behold because mandabo ego, and concutiam in to_all nations home Israel, like concutitur triticum in cribro, and not/no cadet lapillus over the_earth/land. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) the house of Israel

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when see/lo/see! I command and,shake in/on/at/with,all the=nations DOM house_of Yisrael just=as shakes in/on/at/with,sieve and=not fall pebble ground )

Here “house” represents the people. Alternate translation: “the people of Israel”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

(Occurrence 0) I will shake the house of Israel … as one shakes grain in a sieve, so that not the smallest stone will fall to the ground

The picture here is of grain falling through the sieve and stones being kept out. The idea is that Yahweh will remove all of the sinful people from Israel.

(Occurrence 0) sieve

a surface with many small holes that allow small things to pass through and keep larger things from passing through

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