Amos 7:5

In 11 translations

BSB

Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

KJV

Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.by…: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand?

WEB

Then I said, “Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”

ASV

Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

LSV

“Lord YHWH, please cease, || How does Jacob arise—for he [is] small?”

YLT

'Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise — for he [is] small?'

DBY

Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

DRC

And I said: O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee, who shall raise up Jacob, for he is a little one?

GNV

Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseeche thee: who shall raise vp Iaakob? for he is small.

JPS

Then said I: O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech Thee; how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

LXXE

Then I said, O Lord, cease, I pray thee: who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small in number. Repent, O Lord, for this.

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WLC

וָאֹמַ֗ר אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ חֲדַל־נָ֔א מִ֥י יָק֖וּם יַעֲקֹ֑ב כִּ֥י קָטֹ֖ן הֽוּא׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπα, Κύριε κόπασον δὴ, τίς ἀναστήσει τὸν Ἰακώβ; ὅτι ὀλιγοστός ἐστι.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 85:4Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.
• Isaiah 10:25For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”
• Joel 2:17Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they…
• Isaiah 1:9Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
• Jeremiah 30:19Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.
• Amos 7:2–3And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?” So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.

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