Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
So I kept on saying, "Lord GOD, forgive please! How will Jacob stand, since he is so small?"
New American Standard Bible
Then I said,
“
King James Version
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Holman Bible
Then I said, “Lord God, please stop!
A Conservative Version
Then I said, O lord LORD, cease, I beseech thee. How shall Jacob stand, for he is small?
American Standard Version
Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
Amplified
Then I said,
How can Jacob stand,
For he is so small [that he cannot endure this]?”
Bible in Basic English
Then said I, O Lord God, let there be an end: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.
Darby Translation
Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Julia Smith Translation
And saying, O Lord Jehovah, cease now: who shall cause Jacob to rise? for he is small.
King James 2000
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then I said, " Lord Yahweh, please stop! How can Jacob stand, because he [is] small?"
Modern King James verseion
Then I said, O Lord Jehovah, I pray You, cease. How can Jacob stand? For he is small.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said I, "O LORD God, hold thine hand: who should else help up Jacob that is brought so low?"
NET Bible
I said, "Sovereign Lord, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!"
New Heart English Bible
Then I said, "Lord GOD, stop, I beg you. How could Jacob stand? For he is small."
The Emphasized Bible
Then said I, My Lord, Yahweh, forbear, I beseech thee, By whom shall Jacob, arise? for, small, he is.
Webster
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
World English Bible
Then I said, "Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small."
Youngs Literal Translation
Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise -- for he is small?'
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 7:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Second Vision: Fire
4 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. 5 So I kept on saying, "Lord GOD, forgive please! How will Jacob stand, since he is so small?" 6 So the LORD relented from this. "This will not happen, either," said the Lord GOD.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 85:4
Restore us, God of our salvation, and stop being angry with us.
Isaiah 1:9
If the Lord of the Heavenly Armies hadn't left us a few survivors, we would be like Sodom; we would be like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 10:25
In just a little while, my fury will come to an end, and my anger then will be directed to their destruction.
Jeremiah 30:19
Thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter will come out of them. I'll cause them to increase in numbers and not decrease. I'll honor them and not make them insignificant.
Joel 2:17
As they serve between the porch and the altar, let the priests and ministers of the LORD weep and pray: "Spare your people, LORD, and do not make your heritage a disgrace so that nations ridicule them. Why should they say among the people, "Where is their God?"'"
Amos 7:2-3
And so it came about that when the swarm had finished eating the grass of the land, I was saying, "Lord GOD, forgive please! How will Jacob stand, since he is small?"