Amos 7:5
Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Amos 7:5 in other translations
| BSB | Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?” |
|---|---|
| WEB | Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.” |
| ASV | Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small. |
| YLT | ‘Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise--for he is small?' |
| DARBY | Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small. |
| BBE | Then said I, O Lord God, let there be an end: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small. |
| Webster | Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. |
What does Amos 7:5 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Amos 7:1-9
God bears long, but he will not bear always with a provoking people. The remembrance of the mercies we formerly received, like the produce of the earth of the former growth, should make us submissive to the will of God, when we meet with disappointments in the latter growth. The Lord has many ways of humbling a sinful nation. Whatever trouble we are under, we should be most earnest with God for the forgiveness of…
Amos 7:5 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.
Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).
Cross references for Amos 7:5
- Psalms 85:4
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
- Amos 7:2-3
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord.
- Joel 2:17
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
- Isaiah 10:25
For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
- Jeremiah 30:19
And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
- Isaiah 1:9
Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Amos 7:4
Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
- Amos 7:5
Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
- Amos 7:6
The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God.
Amos 7:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dije: Señor Jehová, cesa ahora; ¿quién levantará á Jacob? porque es pequeño. |
|---|---|
| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et je dis: Seigneur Éternel, cesse, je te prie! Comment Jacob se relèvera-t-il? car il est petit. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da sprach ich: Herr, Jehova, laß doch ab! wie sollte Jakob bestehen? denn es ist klein. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et dixi: Domine Deus, quiesce, obsecro; quis suscitabit Jacob, quia parvulus est? |