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Read›Amos›Chapter 7

The Locusts, Fire, and Plumb Line

Amos 7:6

In 11 translations

BSB
So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
KJV
The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
WEB
Yahweh relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord Yahweh.
ASV
Jehovah repented concerning this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah.
LSV
YHWH has relented of this, “It also will not be,” said Lord YHWH.
YLT
Jehovah hath repented of this, 'It also shall not be,' said the Lord Jehovah.
DBY
Jehovah repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord Jehovah.
DRC
The Lord had pity upon this. Yea this also shall not be, said the Lord God.
GNV
So the Lord repented for this. This also shall not be, saith the Lord God.
JPS
The LORD repented concerning this; 'This also shall not be', saith the Lord GOD.
LXXE
This also shall not be, saith the Lord.

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Original-language editions

WLC
נִחַ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה עַל־זֹ֑את גַּם־הִיא֙ לֹ֣א תִֽהְיֶ֔ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃
LXX-Br
Μετανόησον Κύριε ἐπὶ τούτῳ. Καὶ τοῦτο οὐ μὴ γένηται, λέγει Κύριος.

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  • Psalms 90:13Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
  • Amos 7:3So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.
  • Psalms 135:14For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.
  • Judges 2:18Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under…
  • Jeremiah 26:19Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to…
  • Jonah 3:10When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
  • Judges 10:16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
  • Jonah 4:2So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to…

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