Amos 4:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I also gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places, yet you did not return to Me,' declares the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְגַם־אֲנִי֩ נָתַ֨תִּי לָכֶ֜ם נִקְי֤וֹן שִׁנַּ֙יִם֙ בְּכָל־עָ֣רֵיכֶ֔ם וְחֹ֣סֶר לֶ֔חֶם בְּכֹ֖ל מְקוֹמֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־שַׁבְתֶּ֥ם עָדַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

wǝ-gam-ʾănî nātattî to you niqyôn šinnayim in all-ʿārêkem wǝ-ḥōser leḥem in all mǝqômōtêkem wǝ-lōʾ-šabtem ʿāday nǝʾum-YHWH

Grammar Details

• *wǝ-gam*: conjunction + particle - and also
• *ʾănî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *nātattî*: perfect, 1st person singular - I gave
• *niqyôn*: noun, masculine singular construct - cleanness of
• *šinnayim*: noun, feminine dual - teeth
• *ʿārêkem*: noun, feminine plural with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your cities
• *wǝ-ḥōser*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and lack of
• *leḥem*: noun, masculine singular - bread/food
• *mǝqômōtêkem*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your places
• *wǝ-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *šabtem*: perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you have returned
• *ʿāday*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - unto me
• *nǝʾum*: construct noun - declaration of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name

Word Meanings

• *niqyôn šinnayim*: cleanness of teeth [idiom for famine/hunger]
• *ḥōser leḥem*: lack of bread/shortage of food
• *šabtem*: returned/turned back/repented
• *ʿāday*: unto me/toward me

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places: yet you have not returned to me, says the LORD.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I also have given{H5414} you cleanness{H5356} of teeth{H8127} in all your cities,{H5892} and want{H2640} of bread{H3899} in all your places;{H4725} yet have ye not returned{H7725} unto me, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I also have given{H5414}{(H8804)} you cleanness{H5356} of teeth{H8127} in all your cities{H5892}, and want{H2640} of bread{H3899} in all your places{H4725}: yet have ye not returned{H7725}{(H8804)} unto me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore haue I geuen you ydle teth in all youre cities, & scarcenesse off bred in all youre places: yet will ye not turne vnto me, sayeth the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And therefore haue I giuen you cleannes of teeth in all your cities, & scarcenesse of bread in all your places, yet haue ye not returned vnto me, saith the Lord.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Therfore haue I geue you cleannesse of teeth in all your cities, & scarsenesse of bread in all your places: yet haue ye not returned vnto me, sayth the Lorde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, And lack of bread in every town; Yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I also -- I have given to you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, And lack of bread in all your places, And ye have not turned back unto Me, an affirmation of Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places; yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places; yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But in all your towns I have kept food from your teeth, and in all your places there has been need of bread: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in every town; yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “But surely I gave you no food to eat in all your cities; you lacked food everywhere you live. Still you did not come back to me.” The LORD is speaking!

Referenced Verses

• Hag 2:17 : 17 I struck you—all the work of your hands— with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to me—this is the declaration of the LORD.
• Jer 5:3 : 3 Lord, are Your eyes not on truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; You consumed them, but they refused to accept discipline. They hardened their faces more than a rock and refused to repent.
• Lev 26:26 : 26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven and dole out your bread by weight, and you will eat but not be satisfied.
• Isa 9:13 : 13 So the LORD will cut off from Israel both head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.
• Isa 26:11 : 11 LORD, Your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be ashamed; the fire reserved for Your enemies will consume them.
• Deut 28:38 : 38 You will sow much seed in the field but gather little, because locusts will consume it.
• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 Elijah, the Tishbite from the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years, except by my word."
• 1 Kgs 18:2 : 2 So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. The famine in Samaria was severe.
• 2 Kgs 4:38 : 38 Elisha returned to Gilgal, where there was a famine in the land. The company of the prophets was sitting before him, and he said to his servant, 'Put on the large pot and cook some stew for these prophets.'
• 2 Kgs 6:25-29 : 25 There was a great famine in Samaria, and it lasted until a donkey's head sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a quarter of a kab of dove's dung went for five pieces of silver. 26 As the king of Israel was walking along the city wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, "Help me, my lord the king!" 27 He answered, "If the LORD does not help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?" 28 Then the king asked her, "What is your problem?" She replied, "This woman said to me, 'Give me your son so we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.' 29 So we cooked my son and ate him. The next day, I said to her, 'Give me your son so we may eat him,' but she had hidden her son."
• 2 Kgs 8:1 : 1 Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise, take your household, and go live in whatever place you can, for the LORD has called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for seven years."
• 2 Chr 28:22 : 22 During his time of distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
• Isa 3:1 : 1 See now, the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, is removing from Jerusalem and Judah support and supply, both bread and water.
• Jer 8:5-7 : 5 Why then has this people, Jerusalem, turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold tightly to deceit; they refuse to return. 6 I have listened and heard, but they do not speak what is right. No one repents of their wickedness, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone turns to their own course, like a horse charging into battle. 7 Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, as do the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane—they observe the time of their migration. But my people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
• Ezek 16:27 : 27 So now I have stretched out my hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.
• Hos 5:15-6:1 : 15 I will return to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face; in their distress they will earnestly seek me. 1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has struck us down, but He will bind us up.
• Hos 7:14-16 : 14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They gather together for grain and new wine but turn away from me. 15 I disciplined them and strengthened their arms, yet they devise evil against me. 16 They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword because of their insolent words. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
• Joel 2:12-14 : 12 Even now, declares the LORD, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning. 13 Tear open your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and he relents from sending calamity. 14 Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave behind a blessing—grain offerings and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
• Amos 4:8-9 : 8 People staggered from city to city for water but were not satisfied, yet you did not return to Me,' declares the LORD. 9 I struck you with blight and mildew; the locust devoured your many gardens, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,' declares the LORD.
• Zech 1:3-6 : 3 Therefore, say to them: 'This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Return to me,' declares the Lord of Hosts, 'and I will return to you,' says the Lord of Hosts. 4 Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: 'This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.' But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the Lord. 5 Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever? 6 But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your ancestors? So they repented and said, 'As the Lord of Hosts planned to do to us, according to our ways and our deeds, so He has done to us.'
• Rev 2:21 : 21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.
• Rev 9:20-21 : 20 The rest of humanity, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. 21 Nor did they repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.
• Rev 16:10-11 : 10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in agony, 11 and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores, but they refused to repent of their deeds.