Amos 5:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵ֗ן הַמַּשְׂכִּ֛יל בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִ֖יא יִדֹּ֑ם כִּ֛י עֵ֥ת רָעָ֖ה הִֽיא׃

Transliteration

Therefore ha-maśkîl bā-ʿēt ha-hîʾ yiddōm, for ʿēt rāʿāh hîʾ

Grammar Details

*ha-maśkîl*: definite article + participle, hiphil, masculine singular - the one being prudent
*bā-ʿēt*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the time
*ha-hîʾ*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - that
*yiddōm*: imperfect, qal, 3rd masculine singular - he will be silent
*ʿēt*: noun, feminine singular - time
*rāʿāh*: adjective, feminine singular - evil/bad
*hîʾ*: personal pronoun, 3rd feminine singular - she/it

Word Meanings

*maśkîl*: one being prudent/wise/insightful/successful
*yiddōm*: will be silent/will keep quiet
*rāʿāh*: evil/bad/harmful/unpleasant

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Referenced Verses

Mic 2:3 : 3 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks, neither shall ye walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.
Eccl 3:7 : 7 a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Hos 4:4 : 4 Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; {H376} for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
Amos 6:10 : 10 And when a man's uncle shall take him up, even he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is in the innermost parts of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No; then shall he say, Hold thy peace; for we may not make mention of the name of Jehovah.
Eccl 9:12 : 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Isa 36:21 : 21 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Isa 37:3 : 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
Mic 7:5-7 : 5 Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. 6 For the son dishonoreth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. 7 But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Hab 3:16 : 16 I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble in my place; Because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, For the coming up of the people that invadeth us.
Zeph 2:2-3 : 2 before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you. 3 Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.
Matt 27:12-14 : 12 And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 13 Then saith Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? 14 And he gave him no answer, not even to one word: insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
Eph 5:15-16 : 15 Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Eph 6:13 : 13 Wherefore {G5124} take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.
2 Tim 3:1 : 1 But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come.

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