Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
to another city to drink water
but were not satisfied,
yet you did not return
This is the Lord’s declaration.
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.
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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References
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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.
I sent rain on one city
but no rain on another.
One field received rain
while a field with no rain withered.
to another city to drink water
but were not satisfied,
yet you did not return
This is the Lord’s declaration.
the locust devoured
your many gardens and vineyards,
your fig trees and olive trees,
yet you did not return to Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:5
Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring of water and to every wadi. Perhaps we’ll find grass so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to destroy any cattle.”
Amos 4:6
in all your cities,
a shortage of food in all your communities,
yet you did not return to Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Haggai 1:6
but harvested little.
You eat
but never have enough to be satisfied.
You drink
but never have enough to become drunk.
You put on clothes
but never have enough to get warm.
The wage earner puts his wages
into a bag with a hole in it.”
Isaiah 41:17-18
their tongues are parched with thirst.
I, Yahweh, will answer them;
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Jeremiah 3:7
I thought: After she has done all these things, she will return to Me.
Jeremiah 14:3-4
They go to the cisterns;
they find no water;
their containers return empty.
They are ashamed and humiliated;
they cover their heads.
Jeremiah 23:14
I saw a horrible thing:
They commit adultery and walk in lies.
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,
and none turns his back on evil.
They are all like Sodom
Jerusalem’s residents are like Gomorrah.
Ezekiel 4:16-17
Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem.
Hosea 7:10
yet they do not return to Yahweh their God,
and for all this, they do not seek Him.
Amos 4:9-11
the locust devoured
your many gardens and vineyards,
your fig trees and olive trees,
yet you did not return to Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Micah 6:14
for there will be hunger within you.
What you acquire, you cannot save,
and what you do save,
I will give to the sword.