Parallel Verses
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.
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.
Bible in Basic English
Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments.
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 though you offer Me your burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fattened animals.
“Take the noise of your songs away from Me [they are an irritation]!
I shall not even listen to the melody of your harps.
“But let justice run down like waters
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream [flowing abundantly].
Names
Cross References
Amos 6:5
Who improvise to the sound of the harp—
Like David they have composed songs for themselves—
Amos 8:3
In that day, the songs of the palace shall turn to wailing,” says the Lord God. “There will be many dead bodies; in [sacred] silence they will throw them everywhere.”
Amos 8:10
“And I shall turn your festivals and feasts into mourning
And all your songs into dirges (funeral poems to be sung);
And I shall cause sackcloth to be put on everyone’s
And baldness on every head [shaved for mourning].
And I shall make that time like a time of mourning for an only son [who has died],
And the end of it shall be like a bitter day.