Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And some of your young men to be
Is this not so, O sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.
King James Version
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.
Holman Bible
and some of your young men as Nazirites.
Is this not the case, Israelites?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
International Standard Version
I also raised up your sons to be prophets, and from your young men I raised up Nazirites. Is this not true, people of Israel?" declares the LORD.
A Conservative Version
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye sons of Israel? says LORD.
American Standard Version
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.
Amplified
“Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets [who gave you My revelation],
And some of your young men to be Nazirites (dedicated ones).
Is this not true, O you children of Israel?” says the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
And some of your sons I made prophets, and some of your young men I made separate for myself. Is it not even so, O children of Israel? says the Lord.
Darby Translation
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
And I will raise up from your sons for prophets, and from your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even this, ye sons of Israel? says Jehovah.
King James 2000
And I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O you children of Israel? says the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I raised up some [of] your sons to [be] prophets and some [of] your young men to [be] Nazirites. Is it not so, O {people} of Israel? [This is] the declaration of Yahweh!
Modern King James verseion
And I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazarites from your young men. Is it not even so, O sons of Israel? says Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I raised up prophets among your children, and abstainers among your young men. Is it not so, O ye children of Israel?' sayeth the LORD.
NET Bible
I made some of your sons prophets and some of your young men Nazirites. Is this not true, you Israelites?" The Lord is speaking!
New Heart English Bible
I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn't this true, you children of Israel?" says the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
And I raised up, of your sons, for prophets, and, of your young men, for Nazirites, - Was it not even so, ye sons of Israel? Demandeth Yahweh;
Webster
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.
World English Bible
I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn't this true, you children of Israel?" says Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I raise of your sons for prophets, And of your choice ones for Nazarites, Is not this true, O sons of Israel? An affirmation of Jehovah.
Themes
Asceticism » Practised by the nazarites
Fraternity » Instances of » The nazarites, vows of
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 2:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment On Israel
10
And I led you in the wilderness
And some of your young men to be
Is this not so, O sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.
And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You
Phrases
Cross References
Numbers 6:2-3
“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man or woman makes a
Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise up a prophet from among their
Judges 13:4-7
Now therefore, be careful
1 Samuel 3:20
All Israel
1 Samuel 19:20
Then
1 Kings 17:1
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of
1 Kings 18:4
for
1 Kings 19:16
and
1 Kings 20:13
Now behold, a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold,
1 Kings 20:35
Now a certain man of
1 Kings 20:41
Then he hastily took the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him that he was of the prophets.
1 Kings 22:8
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”
2 Kings 2:2-5
Elijah said to Elisha, “
2 Kings 6:1
Now
2 Kings 17:13
Yet the
2 Chronicles 36:15
The Lord, the God of their fathers,
Isaiah 5:3-4
Isaiah 30:10-11
And to the prophets, “You must not
Prophesy illusions.
Jeremiah 2:5
Thus says the Lord,
“
That they went far from Me
And walked after
Jeremiah 2:31
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
Or a
Why do My people say, ‘
We will no longer come to You’?
Jeremiah 7:25
Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have
Jeremiah 11:21
Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of
Jeremiah 26:11
Then the priests and the prophets
Lamentations 4:7
They were whiter than milk;
They were more ruddy in
Their polishing was like
Amos 7:12-13
Then Amaziah said to Amos, “
Micah 2:6
But if
Micah 6:3-4
And
Matthew 21:34-38
Luke 1:3-17
it seemed fitting for me as well,
Acts 4:18
And when they had summoned them, they
Acts 5:28
saying, “We gave you
Acts 7:51
“You men who are
1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
2 Peter 1:20-21
But