Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all?
aIf there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?
Punishment of Israel’s Sins
And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say:
‘Assemble on the mountains of Samaria;
See great tumults in her midst,
And the1 oppressed within her.
Says the Lord,
‘Who store up violence and1 robbery in their palaces.’ ”
| << Amos 3:6 | Amos 3:8 >> |
American Standard Version
Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Amplified® Bible
Surely the Lord God will do nothing without revealing His secret to His servants the prophets.
Contemporary English Version
Whatever the LORD God plans to do, he tells his servants, the prophets.
Darby English Version
But the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Good News Bible
The Sovereign LORD never does anything without revealing his plan to his servants, the prophets.
King James Version
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
New American Standard Bible
Surely the Lord GOD does nothing Unless He reveals His secret counsel To His servants the prophets.
New International Version
Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing
without revealing his plan
to his servants the prophets.
New King James Version
Surely the Lord GOD does nothing,
Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Surely the Lord GOD does nothing Unless He reveals His secret counsel To His servants the prophets.
Revised Standard Version
Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
Young's Literal Translation
For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets.
New English Translation
Certainly the sovereign Lord does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
| << Amos 3:6 | Amos 3:8 >> |