Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts.
New American Standard Bible
Declares the Lord God, the God of hosts.
King James Version
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
Holman Bible
this is the declaration of the Lord God,
the God of Hosts.
International Standard Version
"Listen and testify against the house of Jacob," declares the Lord GOD, the God of the Heavenly Armies,
A Conservative Version
Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, says lord LORD, the God of hosts.
Amplified
“Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”
Says the Lord God, the God of hosts,
Bible in Basic English
Give ear now, and give witness against the family of Jacob, says the Lord God, the God of armies;
Darby Translation
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts,
Julia Smith Translation
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, says the Lord Jehovah, God of armies.
King James 2000
Hear you, and testify in the house of Jacob, says the Lord GOD, {} the God of hosts,
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Listen and testify against the house of Jacob," {declares} my Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts.
Modern King James verseion
Hear and testify in the house of Jacob, says the Lord Jehovah, the God of Hosts,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hear, and bear record in the house of Jacob,' sayeth the LORD God of hosts.
NET Bible
Listen and warn the family of Jacob! The sovereign Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking!
New Heart English Bible
"Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob," says the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts.
The Emphasized Bible
Hear ye and bear witness, throughout the house of Jacob, - Commandeth My Lord, Yahweh, God of hosts:
Webster
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
World English Bible
"Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob," says the Lord Yahweh, the God of Armies.
Youngs Literal Translation
Hear ye and testify to the house of Jacob, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, God of Hosts.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 3:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Guilt And Punishment
12 Thus saith Jehovah: As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed. 13 Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts. 14 For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Beth-el; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:19
And it shall be, if thou shalt forget Jehovah thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
Deuteronomy 30:18-19
I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish; ye shall not prolong your days in the land, whither thou passest over the Jordan to go in to possess it.
Joshua 22:22
The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, the Mighty One, God, Jehovah, he knoweth; and Israel he shall know: if it be in rebellion, or if in trespass against Jehovah (save thou us not this day,)
2 Kings 17:13
Yet Jehovah testified unto Israel, and unto Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
2 Kings 17:15
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.
2 Chronicles 24:19
Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto Jehovah; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
Isaiah 1:24
Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies;
Ezekiel 2:7
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.
Amos 5:27
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.
Acts 2:40
And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.
Acts 18:5-6
But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
Acts 20:21
testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 4:17
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,
1 Thessalonians 4:6
that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.