18Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.


In Context

15 Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of hosts the sovereign Lord: In every street there shall be wailing: and in all places that are without, they shall say: Alas, alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to lament.

17 And in all vineyards there shall be wailing: because I will pass through in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

18 Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.

19 As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him: or enter into the house, and lean with his hand upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.

20 Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light: and obscurity, and no brightness in it?

Amos 5:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end [is] it for you? the day of the LORD [is] darkness, and not light.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord ! Why do you long for the day of the Lord ? That day will be darkness, not light.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! To what end is the day of Jehovah for you? It shall be darkness and not light:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! wherefore would ye have the day of the LORD? it is darkness, and not light.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe to you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:18|Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:18Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why is this to you — the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe to you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.