Amos 8
- 1The Lord God showed me this: and a basket of summer fruit.
- 2And he said, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then the Lord said to me, The end has come on my people of Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.
- 3And the songs of the temple shall be wailing in that day, says the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place. They shall cast them out with silence.
- 4Hear this, O you who swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
- 5Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the sabbath, that we may sell wheat, making the measuring basket small and the price weights heavy, and cheating with dishonest scales?
- 6That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes. Yes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
- 7The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
- 8Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that lives in it? And it shall rise up completely as a flood. And it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
- 9In that day says the Lord God, I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
- 10And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation. And I will bring up rough mourning clothes around every waist, and baldness on every head. And I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and its end as a bitter day.
- 11The days come, says the Lord God, I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:
- 12And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run back and forth to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
- 13In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
- 14Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Your god, O Dan, lives. And The manner of Beersheba lives. Even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Amos 8 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVThus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
GIGAKJVThe Lord God showed me this: and a basket of summer fruit.
KJVAnd he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
GIGAKJVAnd he said, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then the Lord said to me, The end has come on my people of Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.
KJVAnd the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
GIGAKJVAnd the songs of the temple shall be wailing in that day, says the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place. They shall cast them out with silence.
KJVHear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
GIGAKJVHear this, O you who swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
KJVSaying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
GIGAKJVSaying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the sabbath, that we may sell wheat, making the measuring basket small and the price weights heavy, and cheating with dishonest scales?
KJVThat we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
GIGAKJVThat we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes. Yes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
KJVThe Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
GIGAKJVThe Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
KJVShall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
GIGAKJVShall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that lives in it? And it shall rise up completely as a flood. And it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
KJVAnd it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
GIGAKJVIn that day says the Lord God, I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
KJVAnd I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
GIGAKJVAnd I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation. And I will bring up rough mourning clothes around every waist, and baldness on every head. And I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and its end as a bitter day.
KJVBehold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:
GIGAKJVThe days come, says the Lord God, I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:
KJVAnd they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
GIGAKJVAnd they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run back and forth to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
KJVThey that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
GIGAKJVThose who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Your god, O Dan, lives. And The manner of Beersheba lives. Even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
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