Amos 8 · Verse 13

Amos 8:13

In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
Amos 8:13, King James Version

Amos 8:13 in other translations

BSBIn that day the lovely young women— the young men as well— will faint from thirst.
WEBIn that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst.
ASVIn that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.
YLTIn that day faint do the fair virgins, And the young men, with thirst.
DARBYIn that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst;
BBEIn that day the fair virgins and the young men will be feeble from need of water.
WebsterIn that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

What does Amos 8:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. faint for thirst--namely, thirst for hearing the words of the Lord, being destitute of all other comfort. If even the young and strong faint, how much more the infirm (Is 40:30, 31)!

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Amos 8:11-14

Here was a token of God's highest displeasure. At any time, and most in a time of trouble, a famine of the word of God is the heaviest judgment. To many this is no affliction, yet some will feel it very much, and will travel far to hear a good sermon; they feel the loss of the mercies others foolishly sin away. But when God visits a backsliding church, their own plans and endeavours to find out a way of salvation…

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Amos 8:13 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.

בַּיּ֨וֹםbai.Yomin the dayH3117
הַה֜וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
תִּ֠תְעַלַּפְנָהTit.'a.laf.nahthey will become faintH5968
הַבְּתוּלֹ֧תha.be.tu.Lotthe virginsH1330
הַיָּפ֛וֹתhai.ya.Fot<the> beautifulH3303
וְהַבַּחוּרִ֖יםve.ha.ba.chu.Rimand the young menH970
בַּצָּמָֽא\׃ba.tza.Ma'by <the> thirstH6772

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

Cross references for Amos 8:13

  • Hosea 2:3

    Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

  • Lamentations 2:21

    The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.

  • Lamentations 1:18

    The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

  • Jeremiah 48:18

    Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.

  • Zechariah 9:17

    For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

  • Isaiah 40:30

    Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

  • Deuteronomy 32:25

    The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

  • Psalms 63:1

    A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

  • Isaiah 41:17-20

    When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

  • Lamentations 2:10

    The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

  • Psalms 144:12-15

    That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace: That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets. Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
De 32:25; Ps 63:1; 144:12-15; Isa 40:30; 41:17-20; Jer 48:18
La 1:18; 2:10,21; Ho 2:3; Zec 9:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Amos 8:12

    And 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.

  • Amos 8:13

    In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

  • Amos 8:14

    They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer–sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

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Amos 8:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En aquel tiempo las doncellas hermosas y los mancebos desmayarán de sed.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
En ce jour-là, les belles vierges et les jeunes gens défailliront de soif, –
German
Elberfelder 1871
An jenem Tage werden die schönen Jungfrauen und die Jünglinge vor Durst verschmachten
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
In die illa deficient virgines pulchræ et adolescentes in siti,