Parallel Verses
Amplified
Then I said,
How can Jacob stand,
For he is so small [that he cannot endure this]?”
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!
International Standard Version
So I kept on saying, "Lord GOD, forgive please! How will Jacob stand, since he is so small?"
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.
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
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.
5 Then I said,
How can Jacob stand,
For he is so small [that he cannot endure this]?”
The Lord revoked this sentence.
“This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 85:4
Restore us, O God of our salvation,
And cause Your indignation toward us to cease.
Isaiah 1:9
If the Lord of hosts
Had not left us a few survivors,
We would be like Sodom,
We would be like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 10:25
For yet a very little while and My indignation [against you] will be fulfilled and My anger will be directed toward the destruction of the Assyrian.”
Jeremiah 30:19
‘From them (city, palace) will come [songs of] thanksgiving
And the voices of those who dance and celebrate.
And I will multiply them and they will not be diminished [in number];
I will also honor them and they will not be insignificant.
Joel 2:17
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord,
Weep between the porch and the altar,
And let them say, “Have compassion and spare Your people, O Lord,
And do not make Your inheritance (Israel) an object of ridicule,
Or a [humiliating] byword among the [Gentile] nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”
Amos 7:2-3
And when the locusts had finished eating the plants of the land, then I said,
How can Jacob stand,
For he is so small [that he cannot endure this]?”