11For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts.


In Context

8 The Lord God hath sworn by his own soul, saith the Lord the God of hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof.

9 And if there remain ten men in one house, they also shall die.

10 And a man's kinsman shall take him up, and shall burn him, that he may carry the bones out of the house; and he shall say to him that is in the inner rooms of the house: Is there yet any with thee? And he shall answer: There is an end. And he shall any to him: Hold thy peace, and mention not the name of the Lord.

11 For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts.

12 Can horses run upon the rocks, or can any one plough with buffles? for you have turned judgment into bitterness, and the fruit of justice into wormwood.

13 You that rejoice in a thing of nought: you that say: Have we not taken unto us horns by our own strength?

Amos 6:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:11For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:11For the Lord has given the command, and he will smash the great house into pieces and the small house into bits.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:11For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:11For behold, Jehovah commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:11For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:11For behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:11|For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:11For lo, Jehovah is commanding, And He hath smitten the great house with breaches, And the little house with clefts.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:11For, behold, the LORD commands, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.