Amos 9:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

For behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    For 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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel ong all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as [grain] is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least kernel fall upon the earth.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For lo, this I promyse: though I siffte ye house of Israel amonge all nacions (like as they vse to sifte in a syue) yet shall not ye smallest grauel stone fall vpo the earth:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For loe, I will command and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corne is sifted in a sieue: yet shall not the least stone fall vpon the earth.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For lo, I will commaunde, and I will sifte the house of Israel among all nations, like as corne is sifted in a siue: yet shall not the least stone fall vpon the earth.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as [corn] is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "For, behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For lo, I am commanding, And I have shaken among all the nations the house of Israel, As `one' doth shake with a sieve, And there falleth not a grain `to' the earth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as `grain' is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least kernel fall upon the earth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as [grain] is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least kernel fall upon the earth.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For see, I will give orders, and I will have Israel moved about among all the nations, as grain is moved about by the shaking of the tray, but not the smallest seed will be dropped on the earth.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "For, behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “For look, I am giving a command and I will shake the family of Israel together with all the nations. It will resemble a sieve being shaken, when not even a pebble falls to the ground.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 26:33 : 33 And I will scatter you among the nations, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
  • Deut 28:64 : 64 And the LORD shall scatter you among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known, even wood and stone.
  • Isa 30:28 : 28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the middle of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
  • Luke 22:31 : 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Amos 9:8
    80%

    8Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, says the LORD.

  • Jer 9:16
    77%

    16I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.

  • Jer 6:9
    76%

    9Thus says the LORD of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine; turn back your hand as a grape gatherer into the baskets.

  • Amos 9:10
    76%

    10All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

  • Amos 9:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4And though they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword, and it shall slay them; and I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

    5The Lord GOD of hosts, he who touches the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly like a flood, and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

  • 1 Kgs 9:7
    75%

    7Then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for My name, I will cast out of My sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

  • Jer 31:10
    73%

    10Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and declare it in the distant isles, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.

  • Amos 9:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said, Strike the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake; and cut them in the head, all of them. I will slay the last of them with the sword; he who flees from them shall not flee away, and he who escapes of them shall not be delivered.

    2Though they dig into hell, from there my hand will take them; though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.

  • Zech 10:9
    73%

    9And I will sow them among the people, and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children and turn again.

  • Amos 5:3
    73%

    3For 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.

  • Zech 7:14
    73%

    14But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate.

  • Amos 9:15
    73%

    15And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, says the LORD your God.

  • Isa 24:13
    73%

    13When it shall be thus in the midst of the land among the people, it shall be like the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done.

  • Lev 26:33
    72%

    33And I will scatter you among the nations, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

  • Isa 41:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15Behold, I will make you a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff.

    16You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and you shall rejoice in the LORD, and shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.

  • Ezek 9:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8And it happened, while they were killing them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! Will you destroy all the remnant of Israel in your pouring out of your fury upon Jerusalem?

    9Then he said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD has forsaken the earth, and the LORD does not see.

  • Jer 9:22
    72%

    22Speak, Thus says the LORD, 'Even the carcasses of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester, and no one shall gather them.'

  • Jer 15:7
    72%

    7And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they do not return from their ways.

  • Rom 9:27
    72%

    27Isaiah also cries concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

  • Hos 9:17
    72%

    17My God will cast them away, because they did not listen to him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

  • Jer 9:7
    72%

    7Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and test them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

  • Jer 9:9
    72%

    9Shall I not visit them for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  • Isa 17:6
    72%

    6Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree: two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches, says the LORD God of Israel.

  • Zech 2:9
    72%

    9For, behold, I will wave My hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served them: and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me.

  • Jer 13:24
    72%

    24Therefore I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.

  • Jer 5:15
    72%

    15Behold, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, says the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, neither understand what they say.

  • Jer 31:37
    72%

    37Thus says the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the descendants of Israel for all that they have done, says the LORD.

  • Jer 7:15
    72%

    15And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.

  • Hos 8:8
    72%

    8Israel is swallowed up; now they shall be among the Gentiles as a vessel in which is no pleasure.

  • Jer 10:18
    71%

    18For thus says the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may find it so.

  • Isa 9:8
    71%

    8The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it has lighted upon Israel.

  • Jer 18:7
    71%

    7At any moment I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;

  • Isa 5:9
    71%

    9In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Truly many houses shall be desolate, even great and beautiful, without inhabitant.

  • Deut 4:27
    71%

    27And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and you shall be left few in number among the heathen, where the LORD shall lead you.

  • Jer 29:18
    71%

    18And I will pursue them with the sword, famine, and pestilence, and will deliver them to be moved to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them.

  • Jer 24:9
    71%

    9And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their harm, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.

  • Joel 3:2
    71%

    2I will gather all nations and will bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will enter into judgment with them there for my people and my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and divided my land.

  • Ezek 38:19
    71%

    19For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

  • Jer 30:11
    71%

    11For I am with you, says the LORD, to save you: though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in due measure, and will not leave you altogether unpunished.

  • 1 Kgs 14:15
    71%

    15For the LORD shall strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall uproot Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.

  • Ezek 36:9
    71%

    9For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown:

  • Isa 11:12
    71%

    12And he shall set up a sign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

  • Amos 6:11
    71%

    11For behold, the LORD commands, and He will strike the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

  • Ezek 36:19
    71%

    19And I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

  • Amos 9:12
    71%

    12That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the nations, which are called by my name, says the LORD who does this.

  • Amos 6:14
    71%

    14But behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, says the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the river of the wilderness.