Amos 3:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsAmos 3:12 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כֹּה֮
kôh
H3541
thus
אָמַ֣ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָה֒
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
כַּאֲשֶׁר֩
ʼăsher
H834
which
יַצִּ֨יל
nâtsal
H5337
to rescue
הָרֹעֶ֜ה
râʻâh
H7462
to shepherd
מִפִּ֧י
peh
H6310
mouth
הָאֲרִ֛י
ʼărîy
H738
lion
שְׁתֵּ֥י
shᵉnayim
H8147
two
כְרָעַ֖יִם
kârâʻ
H3767
leg
א֣וֹ
ʼôw
H176
or
בְדַל
bâdâl
H915
piece
אֹ֑זֶן
ʼôzen
H241
ear
כֵּ֣ן
kên
H3651
thus
יִנָּצְל֞וּ
nâtsal
H5337
to rescue
בְּנֵ֣י
bên
H1121
son
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙
yâshab
H3427
to dwell
בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן
Shômᵉrôwn
H8111
Samaria
בִּפְאַ֥ת
pêʼâh
H6285
corner
מִטָּ֖ה
miṭṭâh
H4296
bed
וּבִדְמֶ֥שֶׁק
dᵉmesheq
H1833
damask
עָֽרֶשׂ
ʻeres
H6210
couch
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Thus says Yahweh: "As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, Or a piece of an ear, So shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, And on the silken cushions of a bed."
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King James Version Public Domain
Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
This is what Yahweh says: “As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs only, or a piece of an ear; so will the sons of Israel who live in Samaria be rescued with only the corner of a couch or a piece of a bed.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).