Amos 7:7 Parallel Translations

This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall built with the use of a plumb line, and he had a plumb line in his hand.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

ASV:

Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.

BBE:

This is what he let me see: and I saw the Lord stationed by a wall made straight by a weighted line, and he had a weighted line in his hand.

DBY:

Thus did he shew unto me; and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.

ERV:

Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

JPS:

Thus He showed me; and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in His hand.

WBS:

Thus he showed me: and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.

WEB:

Thus he showed me and behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.

YLT:

Thus hath He shewed me, and lo, the Lord is standing by a wall made according to a plumb-line, and in His hand a plumb-line;

Amos 7:7 Cross References

XREF:

Amos 7:6 The LORD changed His mind about this. "This too shall not be," said the Lord GOD.

Amos 7:8 The LORD said to me, "What do you see, Amos?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold I am about to put a plumb line In the midst of My people Israel. I will spare them no longer. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

7:7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a plumbline, {e} with a plumbline in his hand.
(e) Signifying that this would be the last measuring of the people, and that he would defer his judgment no longer.

WES:

7:7 By a plumb - line - Strongly and beautifully built.

MHC:

7:1-9 God bears long, but he will not bear always with a provoking people. The remembrance of the mercies we formerly received, like the produce of the earth of the former growth, should make us submissive to the will of God, when we meet with disappointments in the latter growth. The Lord has many ways of humbling a sinful nation. Whatever trouble we are under, we should be most earnest with God for the forgiveness of sin. Sin will soon make a great people small. What will become of Israel, if the hand that should raise him be stretched out against him? See the power of prayer. See what a blessing praying people are to a land. See how ready, how swift God is to show mercy; how he waits to be gracious. Israel was a wall, a strong wall, which God himself reared as a defence to his sanctuary. The Lord now seems to stand upon this wall. He measures it; it appears to be a bowing, bulging wall. Thus God would bring the people of Israel to the trial, would discover their wickedness; and the time will come, when those who have been spared often, shall be spared no longer. But the Lord still calls Israel his people. The repeated prayer and success of the prophet should lead us to seek the Saviour.

CONC:

TRUE Beside Built Line Plumb Plumbline Plumb-line Shew Shewed Showed Standing Stationed Stood Straight Thus Vertical Wall Weighted

Built Hand Line Plumb Plumbline Plumb-Line Shew Shewed Showed Standing Stationed Stood Straight True. Wall

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