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World English Bible

Amos 6 (WEBP)

[1] Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
[2] Go to Calneh, and see. From there go to Hamath the great. Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Is their border greater than your border?
[3] Alas for you who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near,
[4] who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall,
[5] who strum on the strings of a harp, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
[6] who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
[7] Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive. The feasting and lounging will end.
[8] “The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
[9] It will happen that if ten men remain in one house, they will die.
[10] “When a man’s relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, ‘Is there yet any with you?’ And he says, ‘No;’ then he will say, ‘Hush! Indeed we must not mention Yahweh’s name.’
[11] “For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.
[12] Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness,
[13] you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’
[14] For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Amos 6 (KJVS)

[1] Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust () in the mountain of Samaria, which are named () chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! ()
[2] Pass () ye unto Calneh, and see; () and from thence go () ye to Hamath the great: () then go down () to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
[3] Ye that put far away () the evil day, and cause the seat () of violence to come near; ()
[4] that lie () upon beds of ivory, and stretch () themselves upon their couches, and eat () the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
[5] that chant () to the sound of the viol, and invent () to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
[6] that drink () wine in bowls, and anoint () themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved () for the affliction of Joseph.
[7] Therefore now shall they go captive () with the first that go captive, () and the banquet of them that stretched () themselves shall be removed. ()
[8] The Lord God hath sworn () by himself, saith () the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor () the excellency of Jacob, and hate () his palaces: therefore will I deliver up () the city with all that is therein.
[9] And it shall come to pass, if there remain () ten men in one house, that they shall die. ()
[10] And a man’s uncle shall take him up, () and he that burneth () him, to bring out () the bones out of the house, and shall say () unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, () No. Then shall he say, () Hold thy tongue: () for we may not make mention () of the name of the Lord.
[11] For, behold, the Lord commandeth, () and he will smite () the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
[12] Shall horses run () upon the rock? will one plow () there with oxen? for ye have turned () judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
[13] ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, () Have we not taken () to us horns by our own strength?
[14] But, behold, I will raise up () against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith () the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall afflict () you from the entering in () of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.

Amos 6:1a Or, are secure
Amos 6:1b Or, firstfruits
Amos 6:3 Or, habitation
Amos 6:4 Or, abound with superfluities
Amos 6:5 Or, quaver
Amos 6:6 Heb. breach
Amos 6:8 Heb. the fullness thereof
Amos 6:11 Or, droppings
Amos 6:14 Or, valley

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Amos 6 (BYZ)

[1] Οὐαὶ () τοῖς () ἐξουθενοῦσιν () Σιων () καὶ () τοῖς () πεποιθόσιν () ἐπὶ () τὸ () ὄρος () Σαμαρείας· () ἀπετρύγησαν ἀρχὰς () ἐθνῶν, () καὶ () εἰσῆλθον () αὐτοί. () Οἶκος () τοῦ () Ισραηλ, ()
[2] διάβητε () πάντες () καὶ () ἴδετε () καὶ () διέλθατε () ἐκεῖθεν () εἰς () Εμαθ Ραββα καὶ () κατάβητε () ἐκεῖθεν () εἰς () Γεθ ἀλλοφύλων, () τὰς () κρατίστας () ἐκ () πασῶν () τῶν () βασιλειῶν () τούτων, () εἰ () πλέονα τὰ () ὅρια () αὐτῶν () ἐστιν () τῶν () ὑμετέρων () ὁρίων. ()
[3] Οἱ () ἐρχόμενοι () εἰς () ἡμέραν () κακήν, () οἱ () ἐγγίζοντες () καὶ () ἐφαπτόμενοι σαββάτων () ψευδῶν, ()
[4] οἱ () καθεύδοντες () ἐπὶ () κλινῶν () ἐλεφαντίνων () καὶ () κατασπαταλῶντες ἐπὶ () ταῖς () στρωμναῖς αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἔσθοντες ἐρίφους () ἐκ () ποιμνίων () καὶ () μοσχάρια ἐκ () μέσου () βουκολίων γαλαθηνά,
[5] οἱ () ἐπικροτοῦντες πρὸς () τὴν () φωνὴν () τῶν () ὀργάνων ὡς () ἑστῶτα () ἐλογίσαντο () καὶ () οὐχ () ὡς () φεύγοντα· ()
[6] οἱ () πίνοντες () τὸν () διυλισμένον () οἶνον () καὶ () τὰ () πρῶτα () μύρα () χριόμενοι () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔπασχον () οὐδὲν () ἐπὶ () τῇ () συντριβῇ Ιωσηφ. ()
[7] Διὰ () τοῦτο () νῦν () αἰχμάλωτοι () ἔσονται () ἀπ’ () ἀρχῆς () δυναστῶν, () καὶ () ἐξαρθήσεται () χρεμετισμὸς ἵππων () ἐξ () Εφραιμ. ()
[8] Ὅτι () ὤμοσεν () κύριος () καθ’ () ἑαυτοῦ () Διότι () βδελύσσομαι ἐγὼ () πᾶσαν () τὴν () ὕβριν () Ιακωβ () καὶ () τὰς () χώρας () αὐτοῦ () μεμίσηκα, () καὶ () ἐξαρῶ () πόλιν () σὺν () πᾶσιν () τοῖς () κατοικοῦσιν () αὐτήν· ()
[9] καὶ () ἔσται () ἐὰν () ὑπολειφθῶσιν () δέκα () ἄνδρες () ἐν () οἰκίᾳ () μιᾷ, () καὶ () ἀποθανοῦνται, () καὶ () ὑπολειφθήσονται () οἱ () κατάλοιποι, ()
[10] καὶ () λήμψονται () οἱ () οἰκεῖοι () αὐτῶν () καὶ () παραβιῶνται () τοῦ () ἐξενέγκαι () τὰ () ὀστᾶ αὐτῶν () ἐκ () τοῦ () οἴκου· () καὶ () ἐρεῖ () τοῖς () προεστηκόσι () τῆς () οἰκίας () Εἰ () ἔτι () ὑπάρχει () παρὰ () σοί; () Καὶ () ἐρεῖ () Οὐκέτι· () καὶ () ἐρεῖ () Σίγα, () ἕνεκα () τοῦ () μὴ () ὀνομάσαι () τὸ () ὄνομα () κυρίου. ()
[11] Διότι () ἰδοὺ () κύριος () ἐντέλλεται () καὶ () πατάξει () τὸν () οἶκον () τὸν () μέγαν () θλάσμασιν καὶ () τὸν () οἶκον () τὸν () μικρὸν ῥάγμασιν.
[12] Εἰ () διώξονται () ἐν () πέτραις () ἵπποι; () Εἰ () παρασιωπήσονται ἐν () θηλείαις; () Ὅτι () ὑμεῖς () ἐξεστρέψατε () εἰς () θυμὸν () κρίμα () καὶ () καρπὸν () δικαιοσύνης () εἰς () πικρίαν, ()
[13] οἱ () εὐφραινόμενοι () ἐπ’ () οὐδενὶ () λόγῳ, () οἱ () λέγοντες () Οὐκ () ἐν () τῇ () ἰσχύι () ἡμῶν () ἔσχομεν () κέρατα; ()
[14] Διότι () ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () ἐπεγείρω () ἐφ’ () ὑμᾶς, () οἶκος () τοῦ () Ισραηλ, () ἔθνος, () καὶ () ἐκθλίψουσιν ὑμᾶς () τοῦ () μὴ () εἰσελθεῖν () εἰς () Εμαθ καὶ () ἕως () τοῦ () χειμάρρου () τῶν () δυσμῶν.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.