Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But would
Yet you have
King James Version
So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Holman Bible
to another city to drink water
but were not satisfied,
yet you did not return
This is the Lord’s declaration.
International Standard Version
So the people of two or three cities staggered away to another city in order to obtain drinking water, but you have not returned to me," declares the LORD.
A Conservative Version
So two or three cities wandered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied. Yet ye have not returned to me, says LORD.
American Standard Version
So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
Amplified
“So [the people of] two or three cities would stagger into one city to drink water,
But would not be satisfied;
Yet you have not returned to Me [in repentance],” says the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
So two or three towns went wandering to one town looking for water, and did not get enough: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
Darby Translation
And two, three, cities wandered unto one city, to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
And two, three cities wandered about to one city to drink water, and they will not be satisfied: and they turned not back even to me, says Jehovah.
King James 2000
So two or three cities wandered to one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have you not returned unto me, says the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So two [or] three cities wandered to one city to drink water and they were not satisfied, yet you did not return to me," [is] the declaration of Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
So two or three cities wandered to one city to drink water, but they were not satisfied; yet you have not returned to Me, says Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore two, yea three cities came unto one, to drink water: but they were not satisfied. Yet will ye not turn unto me,' sayeth the LORD.
NET Bible
People from two or three cities staggered into one city to get water, but remained thirsty. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!
New Heart English Bible
So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet you haven't returned to me," says the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
Then would two or three cities totter to one city to drink water, without being satisfied, - Yet have ye not returned unto me, Declareth Yahweh.
Webster
So two or three cities wandered to one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned to me, saith the LORD.
World English Bible
So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
And wandered have two or three cities, Unto the same city to drink water, And they are not satisfied, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Interlinear
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Mayim
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References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 4:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Discipline And Israel's Apostasy
7
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city
And on
One part would be rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.
But would
Yet you have
And the
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees;
Yet you have
Cross References
1 Kings 18:5
Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we will find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not
Amos 4:6
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have
Haggai 1:6
You have
Isaiah 41:17-18
And their tongue is parched with thirst;
I, the Lord,
As the God of Israel I
Jeremiah 3:7
Jeremiah 14:3-4
They have come to the
They have returned with their vessels empty;
They have been
And they
Jeremiah 23:14
The committing of
And they strengthen the hands of
So that no one has turned back from his wickedness.
All of them have become to Me like
And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
Ezekiel 4:16-17
Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, behold, I am going to
Hosea 7:10
Yet
Nor have they sought Him, for all this.
Amos 4:9-11
And the
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees;
Yet you have
Micah 6:14
And your
You will try to remove for safekeeping,
But you will
And what you do preserve I will give to the sword.