Amos 5:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsAmos 5:16 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 →
לָ֠כֵן
kên
H3651
thus
כֹּֽה
kôh
H3541
thus
אָמַ֨ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָ֜ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֱלֹהֵ֤י
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
צְבָאוֹת֙
tsâbâʼ
H6635
army
אֲדֹנָ֔י
ʼĂdônây
H136
lord
בְּכָל
kôl
H3605
all
רְחֹב֣וֹת
rᵉchôb
H7339
plaza
מִסְפֵּ֔ד
miçpêd
H4553
wailing
וּבְכָל
kôl
H3605
all
חוּצ֖וֹת
chûwts
H2351
outside
יֹאמְר֣וּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
הוֹ
hôw
H1930
alas
ה֑וֹ
hôw
H1930
alas
וְקָרְא֤וּ
qârâʼ
H7121
to call
אִכָּר֙
ʼikkâr
H406
plowman
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אֵ֔בֶל
ʼêbel
H60
mourning
וּמִסְפֵּ֖ד
miçpêd
H4553
wailing
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
י֥וֹדְעֵי
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
נֶֽהִי
nᵉhîy
H5092
lamentation
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
Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, the Lord: "Wailing will be in all the broad ways; And they will say in all the streets, 'Alas! Alas!' And they will call the farmer to mourning, And those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.
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King James Version Public Domain
Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Therefore, this is what Yahweh says, the God of hosts, the Lord, “Wailing will be in all the squares, and they will say in all the streets, ‘Woe! Woe!’ They will call the farmers to mourning and the mourners to wail.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).