Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments.
New American Standard Bible
I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.
King James Version
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
Holman Bible
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
International Standard Version
Spare me your noisy singing I will not listen to your musical instruments.
A Conservative Version
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs, for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
American Standard Version
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
Amplified
“Take the noise of your songs away from Me [they are an irritation]!
I shall not even listen to the melody of your harps.
Darby Translation
Take away from me the noise of thy songs, and I will not hear the melody of thy lutes;
Julia Smith Translation
Remove from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the music of thy lyres.
King James 2000
Take away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your harps.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Remove from me the noise of your songs, and I do not want to hear the melody of your harps!
Modern King James verseion
Take the noise of your songs away from Me; for I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Away with that noise of thy songs, I will not hear thy plays of music:
NET Bible
Take away from me your noisy songs; I don't want to hear the music of your stringed instruments.
New Heart English Bible
Take away from me the noise of your songs. I will not listen to the music of your harps.
The Emphasized Bible
Take thou away from me, the noise of thy songs, - Even the melody of thy harps, will I not hear.
Webster
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
World English Bible
Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
Youngs Literal Translation
Turn aside from Me the noise of thy songs, Yea, the praise of thy psaltery I hear not.
Themes
Chosen Instruments » Trumpets » Viols
Music » Instruments of » Viol, a lyre
Musical instruments » Trumpets » Viols
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 5:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Day Of Yahweh
22 Even if you give me your burned offerings and your meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: I will have nothing to do with the peace-offerings of your fat beasts. 23 Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments. 24 But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Names
Cross References
Amos 6:5
Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;
Amos 8:3
And the songs of the king's house will be cries of pain in that day, says the Lord God: great will be the number of the dead bodies, and everywhere they will put them out without a word.
Amos 8:10
Your feasts will be turned into sorrow and all your melody into songs of grief; everyone will be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head will be cut; I will make the weeping like that for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.