Amos 5:3

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For this is what the Lord God says: The city that marches out a thousand will have a hundred left, and the one that goes out a hundred will have ten left for the house of Israel.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For thus says the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth by a hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For thus sayeth ye LORDE God: Where as there dwelt a M. in one cite, there shalbe left scarce an C. therin: and where yere dwelt an C. there shal scarce ten be left for the house off Israel.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For thus saith ye Lord God, The citie which went out by a thousand, shal leaue an hundreth: and that which went forth by an hundreth, shal leaue ten to the house of Israel.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For thus sayth the Lorde God, The citie which went out by a thousand, shall leaue an hundreth, & that whiche went foorth by an hundreth, shall leaue ten, to the house of Israel.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out [by] a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth [by] an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, And that which went forth one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For thus said the Lord Jehovah: The city that is going out a thousand, Doth leave an hundred, And that which is going out an hundred, Doth leave ten to the house of Israel.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For these are the words of the Lord God: The town which was able to send out a thousand, will have only a hundred; and that which sent out a hundred, will have only ten, in Israel.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Sovereign LORD says this:“The city that marches out with a thousand soldiers will have only a hundred left; the town that marches out with a hundred soldiers will have only ten left for the family of Israel.”

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 4:27 : 27 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will lead you.
  • Deut 28:62 : 62 You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
  • Isa 1:9 : 9 Unless the LORD of hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have been like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.
  • Isa 6:13 : 13 Yet a tenth will remain in the land, and it will once again be ravaged. Like a terebinth or an oak whose stump remains when it is felled, the holy seed is its stump.
  • Isa 10:22 : 22 Even though your people, O Israel, are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overwhelming and righteous.
  • Ezek 12:16 : 16 But I will spare a few of them from the sword, famine, and plague so that they may recount all their detestable practices among the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
  • Amos 6:9 : 9 If ten men are left in one house, they too will die.
  • Rom 9:27 : 27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: 'Though the number of the children of Israel be like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Amos 6:9
    78%

    9If ten men are left in one house, they too will die.

  • Amos 5:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1Listen to this word that I am raising against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel.

    2She has fallen, never to rise again—the virgin Israel; she is deserted on her land, with no one to lift her up.

  • Isa 27:10
    74%

    10The fortified city is desolate, a desert place, abandoned and forsaken like the wilderness. There, calves will graze, lie down, and strip its branches bare.

  • Amos 5:4
    74%

    4For this is what the Lord says to the house of Israel: Seek me and live.

  • Isa 17:6
    74%

    6Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that is beaten: two or three berries at the top of the highest branch, four or five on its fruitful branches, declares the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • Ezek 6:8
    74%

    8Yet I will leave a remnant, so that some of you will escape the sword among the nations when you are scattered throughout the lands.

  • Isa 30:17
    74%

    17A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will flee, until you are left like a flagpole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.

  • Isa 5:9
    73%

    9The Lord of Hosts said in my hearing: Truly, many houses will become desolate—large and beautiful ones, without occupants.

  • Amos 9:9-10
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    73%

    9For behold, I am giving the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as one shakes a sieve, but not a single pebble shall fall to the ground.

    10All the sinners of My people will die by the sword, those who say, 'Disaster shall not overtake or confront us.'

  • Ezek 14:22
    73%

    22Yet, behold, there will be survivors, some sons and daughters brought out. They will come to you, and you will see their ways and their deeds. You will be comforted concerning the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem, all I have brought upon it.

  • Ezek 5:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things and abominations, I Myself will withdraw. My eye will not spare, and I will show no pity.

    12One third of you will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you. Another third will fall by the sword around you, and the final third I will scatter to every wind and pursue with a drawn sword.

  • 2 Kgs 19:31
    72%

    31For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this.

  • Isa 4:3
    72%

    3Those who are left in Zion and remain in Jerusalem will be called holy, all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem.

  • Ezek 36:10
    72%

    10I will multiply people upon you—the entire house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.

  • Isa 24:12
    72%

    12Only desolation is left in the city; the gate is battered into ruins.

  • Isa 6:12
    72%

    12The LORD will drive the people far away, and the abandonment in the land will be great.

  • Ezek 9:7-9
    3 verses
    72%

    7Then he said to them, 'Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!' So they went out and struck down people in the city.

    8As they were striking, I was left alone. I fell face down and cried out, 'Ah, Sovereign LORD! Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel in your outpouring of wrath on Jerusalem?'

    9He said to me, 'The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of injustice. They say, "The LORD has abandoned the land, and the LORD does not see."'

  • Zech 13:8
    71%

    8In all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but one-third will be left in it.

  • Ezek 11:6
    71%

    6You have multiplied your slain in this city and filled its streets with the dead.

  • Zech 14:2
    71%

    2For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle, and the city will be captured, the houses will be plundered, and the women violated. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.

  • Isa 1:9
    71%

    9Unless the LORD of hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have been like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.

  • Jer 6:9
    71%

    9This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Glean thoroughly the remnant of Israel as a vine; pass your hand over the branches like a grape gatherer.

  • Jer 21:9
    71%

    9Whoever remains in this city will die by the sword, famine, and plague. But whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live; they shall save their life as a prize.

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    71%

    20The inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Jer 4:29
    71%

    29At the sound of the horsemen and archers, every city flees. They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks. The cities are abandoned, and no one lives in them.

  • Ezek 30:7
    71%

    7They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie in ruins among ruined cities.

  • Isa 17:9
    71%

    9In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places of the wooded heights and hilltops that were abandoned because of the Israelites, and there will be desolation.

  • Isa 10:19
    71%

    19The remaining trees of his forest will be so few that a child could count them.

  • Ezek 6:12
    71%

    12The one who is far away will die by the plague, the one who is near will fall by the sword, and those who survive and are besieged will die of famine. Then I will exhaust My wrath upon them.

  • Ezek 48:15
    71%

    15The remaining area, which is 5,000 cubits in width and 25,000 cubits long, shall be considered common land for the city, for dwelling places, and for open spaces. The city itself shall be in the midst of it.

  • Ezek 12:16
    71%

    16But I will spare a few of them from the sword, famine, and plague so that they may recount all their detestable practices among the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

  • Jer 22:8
    71%

    8Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?'

  • Amos 7:17
    71%

    17Therefore, this is what the Lord says: 'Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, your sons and daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be divided up with a measuring line, and you yourself will die in a polluted land. Israel will surely go into exile away from their homeland.'

  • Jer 15:9
    71%

    9The mother of seven has grown weak and faint; she has breathed her last. Her sun has set while it was still day; she has been disgraced and humiliated. And the remnant of them I will deliver to the sword in the presence of their enemies,' declares the LORD.

  • Ezek 5:2
    71%

    2A third of it you shall burn in the fire within the city when the days of the siege are completed. Then you shall take another third and strike it with the sword all around the city. And the final third you shall scatter to the wind, and I will unsheathe a sword to chase after them.

  • Ezek 35:9
    71%

    9I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Jer 5:10
    71%

    10Go up among her rows and destroy them, but do not completely finish them off. Remove her branches, for they do not belong to the Lord.

  • Isa 10:22
    70%

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  • Ezek 15:6
    70%

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    70%

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    70%

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    70%

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    70%

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  • Jer 15:2
    70%

    2And if they ask you, 'Where should we go?' tell them, 'This is what the LORD says: Those destined for death, to death; those for the sword, to the sword; those for famine, to famine; and those for captivity, to captivity.'

  • Jer 10:17
    70%

    17Gather up your belongings from the land, you who live under siege.