Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and all your songs into lamentation;
I will cause everyone
and every head to be shaved.
I will make that grief
like mourning for an only son
and its outcome like a bitter day.
New American Standard Bible
And all your songs into
And I will bring
And baldness on every head.
And I will make it
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.
King James Version
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
International Standard Version
I will turn your festivals into mourning, and all of your songs to dirges. I will cause all of you to put on sackcloth and to shave all of your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son, and its conclusion will be like the end of a bitter day."
A Conservative Version
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation. And I will bring sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head, and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a b
American Standard Version
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Amplified
“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.
Bible in Basic English
Your feasts will be turned into sorrow and all your melody into songs of grief; everyone will be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head will be cut; I will make the weeping like that for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.
Darby Translation
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Julia Smith Translation
And turned your festivals into mourning, and all your songs to lamentation; and I brought up sackcloth upon all loins, and upon every head, baldness; and I set it as the mourning of an only one, and its last part as a day of bitterness.
King James 2000
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon every waist, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it like the mourning of an only son, and its end as a bitter day.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will turn your feasts into mourning and all of your songs into lament, and I will put sackcloth on all loins and baldness on every head. And I will make it like the mourning for an only child, and its end like a bitter day.
Modern King James verseion
And I will turn your feast into mourning, and all your songs into weeping; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head. And I will make it like the mourning of an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Your high feasts will I turn to sorrow, and your songs to mourning: I will bring sackcloth upon all backs, and baldness on every head. Yea, such a mourning will I send them, as is made upon an only begotten son, and they shall have a miserable end.
NET Bible
I will turn your festivals into funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day.
New Heart English Bible
I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day.
The Emphasized Bible
So will I turn your festivals into mourning, and all your songs into a dirge, and I will bring up - on all loins - sackcloth, and upon every head - baldness, - and I will make it like the mourning for an only one, even the afterpart thereof, as a day of bitterness.
Webster
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end of it as a bitter day.
World English Bible
I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day.
Youngs Literal Translation
And have turned your festivals to mourning, And all your songs to lamentation, And caused sackcloth to come up on all loins, And on every head -- baldness, And made it as a mourning of an only one, And its latter end as a day of bitterness.
Themes
Baldness » Artificial, a sign of mourning
Israel » Under the special protection of jehovah humbled » Joy of, departed
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Lost the joy of divine favour
Topics
Interlinear
Haphak
Shiyr
`alah
Ro'sh
Suwm
'achariyth
References
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 8:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Basket Of Ripe Fruit
9
this is the declaration of the Lord God—
I will make the sun go down at noon;
I will darken the land in the daytime.
and all your songs into lamentation;
I will cause everyone
and every head to be shaved.
I will make that grief
like mourning for an only son
and its outcome like a bitter day.
this is the declaration of the Lord God—
when I will send a famine through the land:
not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the Lord.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 6:26
and roll in the dust.
Mourn as you would for an only son,
a bitter lament,
for suddenly the destroyer
Zechariah 12:10
“Then I will pour out a spirit
Jeremiah 48:37
Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped;
Ezekiel 7:18
and horror will overwhelm them.
Shame will cover all their faces,
and all their heads will be bald.
Job 20:23
God will send His burning anger against him,
raining
Isaiah 15:2-3
to weep at its high places.
Moab wails on Nebo and at
Every head is shaved;
every beard is cut off.
Hosea 2:11
her feasts,
all her festivals.
Deuteronomy 16:14
Rejoice during your festival—you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, as well as the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates.
1 Samuel 25:36-38
Then Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was in his house, holding a feast fit for a king.
2 Samuel 13:28-31
Now Absalom commanded his young men, “Watch Amnon until he is in a good mood from the wine. When I order you to strike Amnon, then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Am I not the one who has commanded you? Be strong and courageous!”
Job 3:5
and a cloud settle over it.
May an eclipse of the sun
Isaiah 21:3-4
Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.
I am too perplexed to hear,
too dismayed to see.
Isaiah 22:12-14
called for weeping,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
Ezekiel 27:30-31
and cry out bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads;
they roll in ashes.
Daniel 5:4-6
They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
Amos 5:23
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
Amos 6:4-7
sprawled out on their couches,
and dine on lambs from the flock
and calves from the stall.
Amos 8:3
In that day the temple
Nahum 1:10
like entangled thorns,
like the drink of a drunkard
and like straw that is fully dry.
Luke 7:12-13
Just as He neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow.