| Amos 5:13 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Therefore at such a time the prudent person keeps silent, for it is an evil time. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | That is why a wise person remains silent at such times, because those times are so evil.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. |
| ASV: | Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time. |
| BBE: | So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time. |
| DBY: | Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in this time; for it is an evil time. |
| ERV: | Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time. |
| JPS: | Therefore the prudent doth keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time. |
| WBS: | Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. |
| WEB: | Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time. |
| YLT: | Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it is. |
| Amos 5:13 Cross References |
| XREF: | Ecclesiastes 3:7 A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak.
Hosea 4:4 Yet let no one find fault, and let none offer reproof; For your people are like those who contend with the priest. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 5:13 Therefore {h} the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it [is] an evil time.
(h) God will so plague them that they will not allow the godly to open their mouths once to admonish them of their faults. |
| WES: | 5:13 Shall keep silence - Be forced to it. Evil - Both for the sinfulness of it, and for the troubles, wars, and captivity now at hand. |
| MHC: | 5:7-17 The same almighty power can, for repenting sinners, easily turn affliction and sorrow into prosperity and joy, and as easily turn the prosperity of daring sinners into utter darkness. Evil times will not bear plain dealing; that is, evil men will not. And these men were evil men indeed, when wise and good men thought it in vain even to speak to them. Those who will seek and love that which is good, may help to save the land from ruin. It behoves us to plead God's spiritual promises, to beseech him to create in us a clean heart, and to renew a right spirit within us. The Lord is ever ready to be gracious to the souls that seek him; and then piety and every duty will be attended to. But as for sinful Israel, God's judgments had often passed by them, now they shall pass through them. |
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