Amos 4:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Burn a thanksgiving offering with leaven, loudly proclaim your freewill offerings, for this is what you love to do, O people of Israel,' declares the Lord GOD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְקַטֵּ֤ר מֵֽחָמֵץ֙ תּוֹדָ֔ה וְקִרְא֥וּ נְדָב֖וֹת הַשְׁמִ֑יעוּ כִּ֣י כֵ֤ן אֲהַבְתֶּם֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃

Transliteration

wǝ-qaṭṭēr from ḥāmēṣ tôdāh wǝ-qirʾû nǝdābôt hašmîʿû for thus ʾahavtem bǝnê Yiśrāʾēl nǝʾum ʾAdōnāy YHWH

Grammar Details

• *wǝ-qaṭṭēr*: conjunction + imperative, masculine singular, piel - and burn/offer
• *ḥāmēṣ*: noun, masculine singular - leavened bread
• *tôdāh*: noun, feminine singular - thanksgiving offering
• *wǝ-qirʾû*: conjunction + imperative, masculine plural, qal - and proclaim/call
• *nǝdābôt*: noun, feminine plural - freewill offerings
• *hašmîʿû*: imperative, masculine plural, hiphil - make heard/proclaim
• *ʾahavtem*: perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you have loved
• *bǝnê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons/children of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *nǝʾum*: construct noun - declaration of
• *ʾAdōnāy*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person suffix - my Lord
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name

Word Meanings

• *qaṭṭēr*: burn/offer as incense/smoke
• *ḥāmēṣ*: leavened bread/that which is leavened
• *tôdāh*: thanksgiving offering/confession/praise
• *nǝdābôt*: freewill offerings/voluntary gifts
• *hašmîʿû*: make heard/proclaim/announce

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this pleases you, O children of Israel, says the Lord GOD.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and offer{H6999} a sacrifice of thanksgiving{H8426} of that which is leavened,{H2557} and proclaim{H7121} freewill-offerings{H5071} and publish{H8085} them: for this{H3651} pleaseth{H157} you, O ye children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And offer{H6999}{(H8763)} a sacrifice of thanksgiving{H8426} with leaven{H2557}, and proclaim{H7121}{(H8798)} and publish{H8085}{(H8685)} the free offerings{H5071}: for this{H3651} liketh{H157}{(H8804)} you, O ye children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ye made a thakofferinge off leuen, ye promised frewillofferinges, and proclamed them. Soch lust had ye, o ye children of Israel, sayeth the LORDE God.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And offer a thanksgiuing of leauen, publish & proclaime the free offrings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And offer a thankes geuing of leauen, publishe & proclayme the free offringes: for this liketh you O ye children of Israel, sayth the Lorde God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim [and] publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, And proclaim free will offerings and brag about them: For this pleases you, you children of Israel," says the Lord Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And perfume with leaven a thank-offering, And proclaim willing gifts, sound ye! For so ye have loved, O sons of Israel, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill-offerings and publish them: for this pleaseth you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill-offerings and publish them: for this pleaseth you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let that which is leavened be burned as a praise-offering, let the news of your free offerings be given out publicly; for this is pleasing to you, O children of Israel, says the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim free will offerings and brag about them: for this pleases you, you children of Israel," says the Lord Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Burn a thank offering of bread made with yeast! Make a public display of your voluntary offerings! For you love to do this, you Israelites.” The Sovereign LORD is speaking!

Referenced Verses

• Ps 81:12 : 12 But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.
• Lev 22:18-21 : 18 Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and tell them: If any Israelite or foreigner living among you presents an offering, whether it is to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering to the LORD as a burnt offering, 19 it must be a male without defect to be accepted, from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats. 20 Do not offer anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. 21 If anyone offers a fellowship sacrifice to the LORD for a special vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be without defect to be accepted; there must be no blemish in it.
• Lev 7:12-13 : 12 If it is offered as an act of thanksgiving, it shall be accompanied by unleavened bread mixed with oil, unleavened wafers spread with oil, and loaves of fine flour well-kneaded and mixed with oil. 13 With the peace offering of thanksgiving, leavened bread shall also be offered.
• Hos 9:1 : 1 Do not rejoice, Israel, like other nations, for you have been unfaithful to your God. You have loved the wages of a prostitute on every threshing floor of grain.
• Hos 9:10 : 10 Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel. Like the first fruit on the fig tree in its first season, I saw your ancestors. But they went to Baal Peor, consecrated themselves to shame, and became as detestable as the thing they loved.
• Matt 6:2 : 2 So, when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
• Matt 15:9 : 9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’
• Matt 15:13-14 : 13 He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. 14 Leave them alone; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
• Matt 23:23 : 23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint, dill, and cumin but have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others.
• Rom 1:28 : 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
• 2 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 and with every kind of deceit targeting those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason, God sends them a powerful delusion, so that they will believe the lie, 12 in order that all who did not believe the truth but delighted in wickedness might be judged.
• Lev 23:17 : 17 Bring from your dwellings two loaves of bread as a wave offering, made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour and baked with leaven, as firstfruits to the Lord.
• Deut 12:6-7 : 6 Bring there your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your special gifts, what you have vowed to give, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks. 7 There, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has blessed you with.