Amos 7:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsAmos 7:2 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 →
וְהָיָ֗ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
אִם
ʼim
H518
if
כִּלָּה֙
kâlâh
H3615
to finish
לֶֽאֱכוֹל֙
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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עֵ֣שֶׂב
ʻeseb
H6212
herb
הָאָ֔רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
וָאֹמַ֗ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֲדֹנָ֤י
ʼĂdônây
H136
lord
יְהוִה֙
Yᵉhôvih
H3069
LORD
סְֽלַֽח
çâlach
H5545
to forgive
נָ֔א
nâʼ
H4994
please
מִ֥י
mîy
H4310
who
יָק֖וּם
qûwm
H6965
to rise
יַֽעֲקֹ֑ב
Yaʻăqôb
H3290
Jacob
כִּ֥י
kîy
H3588
that
קָטֹ֖ן
qâṭân
H6996
small
הֽוּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
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World English Bible Public Domain
It happened that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, "Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small."
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King James Version Public Domain
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
When they finished eating the vegetation of the land, then I said, “Lord Yahweh, please forgive; how will Jacob survive? For he is so small.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).