11And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.


In Context

8 and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.

9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

10 Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

12 But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

13 Behold, I will press you in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.

Amos 2:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:11And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. [Is it] not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:11I also raised up prophets from among your sons and Nazirites from among your young men. Is this not true, people of Israel?" declares the Lord .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:11And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not so, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:11And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn't this true, you children of Israel?| says Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11And I raise of your sons for prophets, And of your choice ones for Nazarites, Is not this true, O sons of Israel? An affirmation of Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:11And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O you children of Israel? said the LORD.