Amos 5:6New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Seek the LORD that you may live, Or He will break forth like a fire, O house of Joseph, And it will consume with none to quench [it] for Bethel,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour [it], and [there be] none to quench [it] in Bethel.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour and there be none to quench it in Beth-el:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour [it], and [there be] none to quench [it] in Beth-el.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour [it], and there be none to quench [it] in Bethel.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Seek ye Yahweh, and live,—lest he break forth, like a fire, upon the house of Joseph, and it devour with none to quench it, for Bethel.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Seek ye Jehovah, and live, Lest He prosper as fire [against] the house of Joseph, And it hath consumed, And there is no quencher for Beth-El.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Seek ye the Lord, and live: lest the house of Joseph be burnt with fire, and it shall devour, and there shall be none to quench Bethel.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Seeke the Lorde, and yee shal liue, least he breake out like fire in the house of Ioseph ? deuoure it, ? there be none to quench it in Beth-el.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Seeke the LORD, and ye shall liue, lest hee breake out like fire in the house of Ioseph and deuoure [it], and [there be] none to quench it in Bethel,
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Seek the LORD and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph and devour Beth-el, and there will be none to quench it.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Seek ye the Lord, and ye shall live; lest the house of Joseph blaze as fire, and it devour him, and there shall be none to quench it for the house of Israel.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Seek Yahweh, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Yosef, and devour [it], and [there be] none to quench [it] in Beth El. |
Seek
1875 {1875} Primeדּרשׁdarash{daw-rash'}
A primitive root; properly to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication to seek or ask; specifically to worship.
z8798 <8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 2847
x853 (0853) Complementאֵת'eth{ayth}
Apparently contracted from H0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely).
Yähwè
יָהוֶה,
3068 {3068} PrimeיְהֹוָהY@hovah{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
and ye shall live;
2421 {2421} Primeחָיַהchayah{khaw-yaw'}
A prim root (compare H2331, H2424); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively to revive.
z8798 <8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 2847
lest
x6435 (6435) Complementפֵּןpen{pane}
From H6437; properly removal; used only (in the constructive) adverbially as conjugation lest.
he break out
6743 {6743} Primeצָלַחtsalach{tsaw-lakh'}
A primitive root; to push forward, in various senses (literally or figuratively, transitively or intransitively).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
like fire
784 {0784} Primeאֵשׁ'esh{aysh}
A primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively).
in the house
1004 {1004} Primeבַּיִתbayith{bah'-yith}
Probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.).
of
Yôsëf
יוֹסֵף,
3130 {3130} PrimeיוֹסֵףYowceph{yo-safe'}
Future of H3254; let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites.
and devour
398 {0398} Primeאָכַל'akal{aw-kal'}
A primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
[ it], and [ there be] none
x369 (0369) Complementאַיִן'ayin{ah'-yin}
As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.
to quench
3518 {3518} Primeכָּבָהkabah{kaw-baw'}
A primitive root; to expire or (causatively) to extinguish (fire, light, anger).
z8764 <8764> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 685
[ it] in
Bêŧ ´Ël
בֵּית־אֵל.
1008 {1008} Primeבֵּית־אֵלBeyth-'El{bayth-ale'}
From H1004 and H0410; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine. |
Amos 5:6
_ _ break out like fire — bursting through everything in His way. God is “a consuming fire” (Deuteronomy 4:24; Isaiah 10:17; Lamentations 2:3).
_ _ the house of Joseph — the kingdom of Israel, of which the tribe of Ephraim, Joseph’s son, was the chief tribe (compare Ezekiel 37:16).
_ _ none to quench it in Beth-el — that is, none in Beth-el to quench it; none of the Beth-el idols on which Israel so depended, able to remove the divine judgments. |
Amos 5:6
The house of Joseph — The kingdom of the ten tribes, the chief whereof was Ephraim, the son of Joseph. In Beth — el — If once this fire breaks out, all your idols in Beth — el shall not be able to quench it. |
- Seek:
Amos 5:4 For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
Ezekiel 33:11 Say unto them, [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
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- lest:
Exodus 22:6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed [therewith]; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
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- the house:
Amos 6:6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Genesis 48:8-20 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who [are] these? ... And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
Joshua 18:5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
Judges 1:22-23 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD [was] with them. ... And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before [was] Luz.)
2 Samuel 19:20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
1 Kings 11:28 And the man Jeroboam [was] a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
Ezekiel 37:19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which [is] in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, [even] with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
Zechariah 10:6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I [am] the LORD their God, and will hear them.
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- there:
Isaiah 1:31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench [them].
Jeremiah 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench [it], because of the evil of your doings.
Jeremiah 7:20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
Ezekiel 20:47-48 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. ... And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
Mark 9:43-48 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: ... Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
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