Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Behold, I am weighted down beneath you
As a cart that is weighted down when it is full of sheaves.
New American Standard Bible
As a wagon
King James Version
Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
Holman Bible
as a wagon full of sheaves crushes grain.
International Standard Version
"Oh, how I am burdened down with you, as a wagon is overloaded with harvested grain!
A Conservative Version
Behold, I will press [you] in your place, as a cart presses that is full of sheaves.
American Standard Version
Behold, I will press you in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.
Bible in Basic English
See, I am crushing you down, as one is crushed under a cart full of grain.
Darby Translation
Behold, I will press upon you, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, I am pressed under you as a wagon will be pressed being filled with the sheaf to it
King James 2000
Behold, I am weighted down under you, as a cart is weighted down that is full of sheaves.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look! I [am] going to press [you] down in your place just as a utility cart full of mature stalks of grain [is pressed down].
Modern King James verseion
Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart full of sheaves is pressed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, I will crash you in sunder, like as a wain crasheth, that is full of sheaves:
NET Bible
Look! I will press you down, like a cart loaded down with grain presses down.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! I, am pressed under you, - as a full cart is pressed by its sheaves,
Webster
Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
World English Bible
Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, I am pressing you under, As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf.
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 2:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment On Israel
12
“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink [despite their vows]
And commanded the prophets, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’
“Behold, I am weighted down beneath you
As a cart that is weighted down when it is full of sheaves.
“Flight will be lost to the swift [so they will be unable to escape],
And the strong shall not strengthen nor maintain his power,
Nor shall the mighty man save his own life.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 1:14
“I hate [the hypocrisy of] your New Moon festivals and your appointed feasts.
They have become a burden to Me;
I am weary of bearing them.
Psalm 78:40
How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness
And grieved Him in the desert!
Isaiah 7:13
Then Isaiah said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too small a thing for you to try the patience of men, but will you try the patience of my God as well?
Isaiah 43:24
“You have not bought Me sweet cane with money,
Nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices;
But you have burdened Me with your sins,
You have wearied Me with your wickedness.
Ezekiel 6:9
Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations to which they will be exiled, how I have been broken by their lewdness and their adulterous hearts which have turned away from Me, and by their eyes which lust after their idols; and they will loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed, for all their repulsive acts.
Ezekiel 16:43
Because you have not remembered the days of your youth but have enraged Me with all these things, therefore, I in turn will bring your conduct down on your own head,” says the Lord God, “so that you will not commit this lewdness on top of all your other repulsive acts.
Malachi 2:17
You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “In what way have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in them,” or [by asking], “Where is the God of justice?”