Amos 7:15

In 11 translations

BSB

But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’

KJV

And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.as…: Heb. from behind

WEB

and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

ASV

and Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

LSV

and YHWH takes me from after the flock, and YHWH says to me, Go, prophesy to My people Israel.

YLT

and Jehovah taketh me from after the flock, and Jehovah saith unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.

DBY

And Jehovah took me as I followed the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

DRC

And the Lord took me when I followed the flock, and the Lord said to me: Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

GNV

And the Lord tooke me as I followed the flocke, and the Lord said vnto me, Go, prophecie vnto my people Israel.

JPS

and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said unto me: Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.

LXXE

And the Lord took me from the sheep, and the Lord said to me, Go, and prophesy to my people Israel.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיִּקָּחֵ֣נִי יְהוָ֔ה מֵאַחֲרֵ֖י הַצֹּ֑אן וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלַי֙ יְהוָ֔ה לֵ֥ךְ הִנָּבֵ֖א אֶל־עַמִּ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

LXX-Br

καὶ ἀνέλαβέ με Κύριος ἐκ τῶν προβάτων, καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς μὲ, βάδιζε, καὶ προφήτευσον ἐπὶ τὸν λαόν μου Ἰσραήλ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 2 Samuel 7:8Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
• Ezekiel 2:3–4“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me. They are obstinate and stubborn…
• Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
• Acts 5:20“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
• Matthew 4:18–19As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will…
• Jeremiah 1:7But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
• Matthew 9:9As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
• Psalms 78:70–72He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance. So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and…
• Luke 24:46–48And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.…
• Acts 5:29–32But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree. God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior,…
• Acts 4:20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

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