Amos 3:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city unless the Lord has done it?

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be calamity in a city, and the LORD has not brought it?

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Shall the trumpet{H7782} be blown{H8628} in a city,{H5892} and the people{H5971} not be afraid?{H2729} shall evil{H7451} befall a city,{H5892} and Jehovah{H3068} hath not done{H6213} it?

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Shall a trumpet{H7782} be blown{H8628}{(H8735)} in the city{H5892}, and the people{H5971} not be afraid{H2729}{(H8799)}? shall there be evil{H7451} in a city{H5892}, and the LORD{H3068} hath not done{H6213}{(H8804)} it?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Crie they out Alarum with the trompet in the cite, and the people not afrayed? Commeth there eny plage in a cite, without it be the LORDES doinge?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Or shall a trumpet be blowen in the citie, and the people be not afraide? or shall there be euil in a citie, and the Lord hath not done it?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Or shall a trumpet be blowen in the citie, & the people be not afrayde? or shall there be euyll in a citie, and the Lorde hath not done it?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done [it]?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, Without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, And Yahweh hasn't done it?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done `it'?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    If the horn is sounded in the town will the people not be full of fear? will evil come on a town if the Lord has not done it?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn't done it?

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    If an alarm sounds in a city, do people not fear? If disaster overtakes a city, is the LORD not responsible?

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 45:7 : 7 I form the light and create darkness; I make peace and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
  • Isa 14:24-27 : 24 The LORD of Hosts has sworn: 'Surely as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand.' 25 I will break Assyria in My land and trample him on My mountains. Then his yoke will be taken off their shoulders, and his burden removed from their necks. 26 This is the plan determined for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations. 27 For the LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
  • Zeph 1:16 : 16 It is a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the high towers.
  • Gen 50:20 : 20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done—the saving of many lives.
  • Jer 4:5 : 5 Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, saying, 'Sound the trumpet throughout the land!' Cry aloud and say, 'Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.'
  • Jer 6:1 : 1 Take refuge, O sons of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa and raise a signal over Beth-Haccherem. For disaster looms from the north, a great destruction.
  • Hos 5:8 : 8 Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; sound the alarm in Beth Aven: 'Look behind you, Benjamin!'
  • Jer 10:7 : 7 Who should not fear You, King of the nations? This is Your due. Among all the wise ones of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like You.
  • Ezek 33:3 : 3 and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet to warn the people,
  • Jer 5:22 : 22 Should you not fear Me? declares the Lord. Should you not tremble in My presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting decree it cannot cross. Though its waves surge, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot cross it.
  • Acts 2:23 : 23 He was delivered up by God’s determined plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
  • Acts 4:28 : 28 'They did what your hand and will had predestined to take place.'
  • 2 Cor 5:11 : 11 Since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.

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    1 Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming—it is near.

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    29 For behold, I am bringing disaster on the city that bears my name, and will you indeed go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.

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    72%

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    71%

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    70%

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    30 A terrible and shocking thing has happened in the land:

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    16 The LORD will roar from Zion and shout from Jerusalem; the heavens and the earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people and a stronghold for the children of Israel.

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    6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

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    15 Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

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    5 This is what the LORD says: We have heard a sound of terror—a cry of fear, not peace.

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    1 Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a trumpet; announce to my people their rebellion and to the house of Jacob their sins.

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