8So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.


In Context

5 and offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill offerings and publish them: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

7 And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees hath the palmerworm devoured: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camp to come up even into your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

Amos 4:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8So two [or] three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:8People staggered from town to town for water but did not get enough to drink, yet you have not returned to me," declares the Lord .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:8And two and three cities went to one city to drink water, and were not filled: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:8So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8And two, three, cities wandered unto one city, to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8So two or three cities wandered to one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned to me, saith the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet you haven't returned to me,| says Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8And wandered have two or three cities, Unto the same city to drink water, And they are not satisfied, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8So two or three cities wandered to one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have you not returned to me, said the LORD.