Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
The Lord God showed me this: The Lord God was calling for a judgment by fire.
New American Standard Bible
Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God was calling to contend with them by
King James Version
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
International Standard Version
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: Look! The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire, and it was drying up the great depths of the ocean and consuming the land.
A Conservative Version
Thus lord LORD showed me: And, behold, lord LORD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.
American Standard Version
Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to content by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.
Amplified
Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God called for punishment with fire, and it devoured the great deep [underground sources of water] and began to consume the land.
Bible in Basic English
This is what the Lord let me see: and I saw that the Lord God sent for a great fire to be the instrument of his punishment; and, after burning up the great deep, it was about to put an end to the Lord's heritage.
Darby Translation
Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and ate up the inheritance.
Julia Smith Translation
Thus the Lord Jehovah caused me to see: and behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend with fire, and it will devour the great deep, and devoured the portion.
King James 2000
Thus has the Lord GOD showed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called for judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part of the land.
Lexham Expanded Bible
This is what my Lord Yahweh showed me, and look, my Lord Yahweh was going to call for a legal case with fire, and it devoured the great deep and it ate up the plots of ground.
Modern King James verseion
The Lord Jehovah made me see this: And behold, the Lord Jehovah was calling to contend by fire. And it consumed the great deep, and it was devouring part of it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Again, the LORD showed me this vision: behold, the LORD God called the fire to punish withal, and it devoured the great deep: yea, it consumed a part already.
NET Bible
The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw the sovereign Lord summoning a shower of fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields.
New Heart English Bible
Thus the Lord GOD showed me and behold, the Lord GOD called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.
The Emphasized Bible
Here, My Lord, Yahweh gave me to see, and lo! My Lord Yahweh proclaiming that, the controversy should be settled by fire, - which, having devoured the mighty roaring deep, should devour the inheritance.
Webster
Thus hath the Lord GOD shown to me: and behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
World English Bible
Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, the Lord Jehovah is calling to contend by fire, and it consumeth the great deep, yea, it hath consumed the portion, and I say:
Interlinear
Ra'ah
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 7:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Second Vision: Fire
3
The Lord relented concerning this.
Cross References
Isaiah 66:15-16
His chariots are like the whirlwind
to execute His anger with fury
and His rebuke with flames of fire.
Amos 7:1
The Lord God showed me this: He was forming a swarm of locusts
Exodus 9:23-24
So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail.
Leviticus 10:2
Then fire came from the Lord
Numbers 16:35
Fire also came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were presenting the incense.
Deuteronomy 32:22
and burns to the depths of Sheol;
it devours the land and its produce,
and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
Isaiah 27:4
but if it produces thorns and briers
I will fight against it, trample it,
and burn it to the ground.
Jeremiah 4:4
remove the foreskin of your hearts,
men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem.
Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire
and burn with no one to extinguish it
because of your evil deeds.
Jeremiah 21:12
House of David, this is what the Lord says:
and rescue the victim of robbery
from the hand of his oppressor,
or My anger will flare up like fire
and burn unquenchably
because of their evil deeds.
Joel 2:30
in the heavens and on the earth:
blood, fire, and columns of smoke.
Amos 1:4
and it will consume Ben-hadad’s
Amos 1:7
and it will consume its citadels.
Amos 4:11
as I
and you were like a burning stick
snatched from a fire,
yet you did not return to Me
this is the Lord’s declaration.
Amos 5:6
or He will spread like fire
throughout the house of Joseph;
it will consume everything,
with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.
Amos 7:7
He showed me this: The Lord was standing there by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.
Micah 1:4
and the valleys will split apart,
like wax near a fire,
like water cascading down a mountainside.
Nahum 1:6
Who can endure His burning anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire,
even rocks are shattered before Him.
Hebrews 1:7
And about the angels He says:
and His servants
Revelation 4:1
After this I looked, and there in heaven was an open door. The first voice that I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said,