Amos 9:5 Parallel Translations

The Almighty LORD of Armies touches the earth. It quakes, and all who live on it mourn. All of it rises like the Nile and sinks like Egypt's river.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

ASV:

For the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, is he that toucheth the land and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly like the River, and shall sink again, like the River of Egypt;

BBE:

For the Lord, the God of armies, is he at whose touch the land is turned to water, and everyone in it will be given up to sorrow; all of it will be overflowing like the River, and will go down again like the River of Egypt;

DBY:

And the Lord Jehovah of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall wholly rise up like the Nile, and sink down as the river of Egypt.

ERV:

For the Lord, the GOD of hosts, is he that toucheth the land and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly like the River; and shall sink again, like the River of Egypt;

JPS:

For the Lord, the GOD of hosts, is He that toucheth the land and it melteth, and all that dwell therein mourn; and it riseth up wholly like the River, and sinketh again, like the River of Egypt;

WBS:

And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell in it shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

WEB:

For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Egypt.

YLT:

And it is the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Who is striking against the land, and it melteth, And mourned have all the inhabitants in it, And come up as a flood hath all of it, And it hath sunk -- like the flood of Egypt.

Amos 9:5 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 104:32 He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

Psalm 144:5 Bow Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; Touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

Isaiah 64:1 Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence--

Amos 8:8 "Because of this will not the land quake And everyone who dwells in it mourn? Indeed, all of it will rise up like the Nile, And it will be tossed about And subside like the Nile of Egypt.

Micah 1:4 The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

9:5 Toucheth - He needs not take great pains therein, a touch of his finger will do this. Shall melt - As snow before the sun.

MHC:

9:1-10 The prophet, in vision, saw the Lord standing upon the idolatrous altar at Bethel. Wherever sinners flee from God's justice, it will overtake them. Those whom God brings to heaven by his grace, shall never be cast down; but those who seek to climb thither by vain confidence in themselves, will be cast down and filled with shame. That which makes escape impossible and ruin sure, is, that God will set his eyes upon them for evil, not for good. Wretched must those be on whom the Lord looks for evil, and not for good. The Lord would scatter the Jews, and visit them with calamities, as the corn is shaken in a sieve; but he would save some from among them. The astonishing preservation of the Jews as a distinct people, seems here foretold. If professors make themselves like the world, God will level them with the world. The sinners who thus flatter themselves, shall find that their profession will not protect them.

CONC:

Armies Drowned Dwell Egypt Flood Hosts Inhabitants Melt Melteth Melts Mourn Mourned Nile Overflowing Rise Rises Riseth River Sink Sinketh Sinks Sorrow Striking Subsides Sunk Therein Touch Touches Toucheth Wholly

Almighty Armies Drowned Dwell Earth Egypt Flood Hosts Live Melt Melteth Melts Mourn Nile Rise Rises Riseth River Sink Sinketh Sorrow Subsides Therein Touches Toucheth Turned Water Whole Wholly

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