6The Lord had pity upon this. Yea this also shall not be, said the Lord God.


In Context

3 The Lord had pity upon this: It shall not be, said the Lord.

4 These things the Lord God shewed to me: and behold the Lord called for judgment unto fire, and it devoured the great deep, and ate up a part at the same time.

5 And I said: O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee, who shall raise up Jacob, for he is a little one?

6 The Lord had pity upon this. Yea this also shall not be, said the Lord God.

7 These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold the Lord was standing upon a plastered wall, and in his hand a mason's trowel.

8 And the Lord said to me: What seest thou, Amos? And I said: A mason's trowel. And the Lord said: Behold, I will lay down the trowel in the midst of my people Israel. I will plaster them over no more.

Amos 7:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:6So the Lord relented. "This will not happen either," the Sovereign Lord said.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:6Jehovah repented concerning this: this also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:6Jehovah repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:6The LORD repented concerning this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:6Yahweh relented concerning this. |This also shall not be,| says the Lord Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:6Jehovah hath repented of this, 'It also shall not be,' said the Lord Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord GOD.