Amos 3:7

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י לֹ֧א יַעֲשֶׂ֛ה אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִ֖ה דָּבָ֑ר כִּ֚י אִם־גָּלָ֣ה סוֹד֔וֹ אֶל־עֲבָדָ֖יו הַנְּבִיאִֽים׃

Transliteration

Kî lōʾ yaʿăśeh ʾădonāy YHWH dābār kî ʾim-gālâ sôdô ʾel-ʿăbādāyw ha-nəbîʾîm

Grammar Details

• *Kî*: conjunction - for/because/surely
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yaʿăśeh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will do
• *ʾădonāy*: divine title - my Lord/Master
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *dābār*: noun, masculine singular - thing/word/matter
• *kî*: conjunction - for/except/but/unless
• *ʾim*: conditional particle - if
• *gālâ*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has revealed
• *sôdô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his counsel/secret
• *ʾel*: preposition - to
• *ʿăbādāyw*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servants
• *ha-nəbîʾîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the prophets

Word Meanings

• *kî*: for/because/that/when/surely
• *yaʿăśeh*: do/make/perform/accomplish
• *dābār*: word/thing/matter/issue
• *gālâ*: reveal/uncover/disclose/expose
• *sôd*: counsel/secret/council/confidential matter
• *ʿăbādîm*: servants/slaves/officials
• *nəbîʾîm*: prophets/spokesmen

Referenced Verses

• Gen 18:17 : 17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
• John 15:15 : 15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
• Gen 6:13 : 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
• Rev 4:1 : 1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it we of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be heafter.
• Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
• Rev 1:1 : 1 The velation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
• Rev 1:19 : 19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which a, and the things which shall be heafter;
• Dan 9:22-27 : 22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O niel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. 23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. 25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
• Dan 10:21 : 21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
• Dan 11:2 : 2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
• 2 Kgs 22:13 : 13 Go ye, inquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.
• 1 Kgs 22:19-23 : 19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. 20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. 21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. 22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. 23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
• 2 Kgs 3:17-20 : 17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. 18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. 19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. 20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
• 2 Kgs 22:20 : 20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
• Jer 23:22 : 22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
• 2 Kgs 6:12 : 12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
• Rev 6:1-9 : 1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it we the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. 3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4 And the went out another horse that was d: and power was given to him that sat theon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and the was given unto him a gat sword. 5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measu of wheat for a penny, and the measus of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. 7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. 9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that we slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes we given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should st yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their bthn, that should be killed as they we, should be fulfilled. 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, the was a gat earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig te casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island we moved out of their places. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the gat men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every fe man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the gat day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?