Amos 6:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Who are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence,

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Referenced Verses

  • Amos 9:10 : 10 By sword die do all sinners of My people, Who are saying, `Not overtake, or go before, For our sakes, doth evil.'
  • Isa 56:12 : 12 `Come ye, I take wine, And we drink, quaff strong drink, And as this day hath been to-morrow, Great -- exceeding abundant!'
  • Ezek 12:27 : 27 `Son of man, lo, the house of Israel are saying, The vision that he is seeing `is' for many days, and of times far off he is prophesying,
  • Amos 3:10 : 10 And they have not known to act straightforwardly, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 For I have known -- many `are' your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside.
  • Amos 5:18 : 18 Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why `is' this to you -- the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,
  • Amos 6:12 : 12 Do horses run on a rock? Doth one plough `it' with oxen? For ye have turned to gall judgment, And the fruit of righteousness to wormwood.
  • Ezek 12:22 : 22 `Son of man, what `is' this simile to you, concerning the land of Israel, saying, Prolonged are the days, and perished hath every vision?
  • Ps 94:20 : 20 Is a throne of mischief joined `with' Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
  • Eccl 8:11 : 11 Because sentence hath not been done `on' an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.
  • Isa 47:7 : 7 And thou sayest, `To the age I am mistress,' While thou hast not laid these things to thy heart, Thou hast not remembered the latter end of it.
  • Matt 24:48 : 48 `And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail `doth' her who is with child, and they shall not escape;
  • 2 Pet 3:4 : 4 and saying, `Where is the promise of his presence? for since the fathers did fall asleep, all things so remain from the beginning of the creation;'
  • Rev 18:17 : 17 `And every shipmaster, and all the company upon the ships, and sailors, and as many as work the sea, far off stood,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 4 Who are lying down on beds of ivory, And are spread out on their couches, And are eating lambs from the flock, And calves from the midst of the stall,

  • Amos 6:1-2
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    75%

    1 Wo `to' those secure in Zion, And those confident in the mount of Samaria, The marked of the chief of the nations, And come to them have the house of Israel.

    2 Pass ye over `to' Calneh and see, And go thence `to' Hamath the great, And go down `to' Gath of the Philistines, Are `they' better than these kingdoms? Greater `is' their border than your border?

  • Mic 2:1-3
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    1 Wo `to' those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is -- to God.

    2 And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.

    3 Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am devising against this family evil, From which ye do not remove your necks, Nor walk loftily, for a time of evil it `is'.

  • 3 And what do ye at a day of inspection? And at desolation? -- from afar it cometh. Near whom do ye flee for help? And where do ye leave your honour?

  • Jer 6:4-5
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    73%

    4 Sanctify ye against her the battle, Rise, and we go up at noon. Wo to us, for turned hath the day, For stretched out are the shades of evening,

    5 `Rise, and we go up by night, And we destroy her palaces.'

  • Hab 2:9-10
    2 verses
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    9 Wo `to' him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,

    10 Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful `is' thy soul.

  • 9 And I have laid a charge on every one Who is leaping over the threshold in that day, Who are filling the house of their masters `With' violence and deceit.

  • 7 Come hath the morning unto thee, O inhabitant of the land! Come hath the time, near `is' a day of trouble, And not the shouting of mountains.

  • Obad 1:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13 Nor come into a gate of My people in a day of their calamity, Nor look, even thou, on its misfortune in a day of its calamity, Nor send forth against its force in a day of its calamity,

    14 Nor stand by the breach to cut off its escaped, Nor deliver up its remnant in a day of distress.

    15 For near `is' the day of Jehovah, on all the nations, As thou hast done, it is done to thee, Thy deed doth turn back on thine own head.

  • Amos 3:9-11
    3 verses
    72%

    9 Sound ye unto palaces in Ashdod, And to palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: Be ye gathered on mountains of Samaria, And see many troubles within her, And oppressed ones in her midst.

    10 And they have not known to act straightforwardly, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.

    11 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: An adversary -- and surrounding the land, And he hath brought down from thee thy strength, And spoiled have been thy palaces.

  • 15 And cry unto Jehovah, `Alas for the day! For near `is' a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.

  • 11 Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.

  • 4 Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,

  • 14 If iniquity `is' in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.

  • 7 Therefore now they remove at the head of the captives, And turned aside is the mourning-feast of stretched-out ones.

  • 2 And He also `is' wise, and bringeth in evil, And His words He hath not turned aside, And He hath risen against a house of evil doers, And against the help of workers of iniquity.

  • 13 Send ye forth a sickle, For ripened hath harvest, Come in, come down, for filled hath been the press, Overflowed hath wine-presses, For great `is' their wickedness.

  • 29 In the seeing for thee of a vain thing, In the divining for thee of a lie, To put thee on the necks of the wounded of the wicked, whose day hath come, In the time of the iniquity of the end.

  • Zeph 1:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14 Near `is' the great day of Jehovah, Near, and hasting exceedingly, The noise of the day of Jehovah, Bitterly shriek there doth a mighty one.

    15 A day of wrath `is' that day, A day of adversity and distress, A day of waste and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of cloud and thick darkness.

  • 18 Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why `is' this to you -- the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,

  • 2 The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.

  • 2 Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.

  • 12 `Come ye, I take wine, And we drink, quaff strong drink, And as this day hath been to-morrow, Great -- exceeding abundant!'

  • 18 Wo `to' those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as `with' thick ropes of the cart -- sin.

  • 3 For near `is' a day, near `is' a day to Jehovah! A day of clouds, the time of nations it is.

  • 3 who are saying, It `is' not near -- to build houses, it `is' the pot, and we the flesh.

  • 10 Rise and go, for this `is' not the rest, Because of uncleanness it doth corrupt, And corruption is powerful.

  • 17 And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury,

  • 14 With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.

  • 6 Howl ye, for near `is' the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh.

  • 11 Pass over for thee, O inhabitant of Shaphir, Naked one of shame. Not gone out hath the inhabitant of Zaanan, The lamentation of Beth-Ezel doth take from you its standing.

  • 11 In the day of thy standing over-against, In the day of strangers taking captive his force, And foreigners have entered his gates, And for Jerusalem have cast a lot, Even thou `art' as one of them!

  • 12 Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue `is' deceitful in their mouth.

  • 16 Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.

  • 3 On the evil `are' both hands to do `it' well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.

  • 12 The far-off by pestilence dieth, And the near by sword falleth, And the left and the besieged by famine dieth, And I have completed my fury upon them.

  • 16 For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.

  • 5 ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;

  • 11 The violence hath risen to a rod of wickedness, There is none of them, nor of their multitude, Nor of their noise, nor is there wailing for them.

  • 7 Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,