Amos 6 · Verse 9

Amos 6:9

And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
Amos 6:9, King James Version

Amos 6:9 in other translations

BSBAnd if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.
WEBIt will happen that if ten men remain in one house, they will die.
ASVAnd it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
YLTAnd if there are left ten persons in one house, It hath come to pass--that they have died.
DARBYAnd it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
BBEThen it will come about that if there are still ten men in a house, death will overtake them.
WebsterAnd it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, they shall die.

What does Amos 6:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. If as many as ten (Le 26:26; Zec 8:23) remain in a house (a rare case, and only in the scattered villages, as there will be scarcely a house in which the enemy will leave any), they shall all, to a man, die of the plague, a frequent concomitant of war in the East (Jr 24:10; 44:13; Eze 6:11).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Ten men - they shall die - All shall be cut off by the sword, or by captivity, or by famine.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Amos 6:8-14

How dreadful, how miserable, is the case of those whose eternal ruin the Lord himself has sworn; for he can execute his purpose, and none can alter it! Those hearts are wretchedly hardened that will not be brought to mention God's name, and to worship him, when the hand of God is gone out against them, when sickness and death are in their families. Those that will not be tilled as fields, shall be abandoned as…

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Amos 6:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהָיָ֗הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
אִם\־'im-ifH518
יִוָּ֨תְר֜וּyi.Va.te.Ruthey will remainH3498
עֲשָׂרָ֧ה'a.sa.RahtenH6235
אֲנָשִׁ֛ים'a.na.ShimmenH582
בְּבַ֥יִתbe.Va.yitin a houseH1004
אֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadoneH259
וָמֵֽתוּ\׃va.Me.tuand they will dieH4191

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Amos 6:9

  • Amos 5:3

    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.

  • Job 1:2

    And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

  • Esther 5:11

    And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

  • Psalms 109:13

    Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

  • 1 Samuel 2:33

    And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.

  • Job 20:28

    The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

  • Esther 9:10

    The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.

  • Job 1:19

    And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

  • Isaiah 14:21

    Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
if.
5:3; 1Sa 2:33; Es 5:11; 9:10; Job 1:2,19; 20:28; Ps 109:13; Isa 14:21

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Context

  • Amos 6:8

    The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

  • Amos 6:9

    And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

  • Amos 6:10

    And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord.

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Amos 6:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y acontecerá que si diez hombres quedaren en una casa, morirán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il arrivera que, s’il reste dix hommes dans une maison, ils mourront;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es wird geschehen, wenn zehn Männer in einem Hause übrigbleiben, so werden sie sterben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quod si reliqui fuerint decem viri in domo una, et ipsi morientur.