10"They do not know how to do right," declares the Lord , "who hoard plunder and loot in their fortresses."


In Context

7 Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.

8 The lion has roared- who will not fear? The Sovereign Lord has spoken- who can but prophesy?

9 Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod and to the fortresses of Egypt: "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest within her and the oppression among her people."

10 "They do not know how to do right," declares the Lord , "who hoard plunder and loot in their fortresses."

11 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: "An enemy will overrun the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your fortresses."

12 This is what the Lord says: "As a shepherd saves from the lion's mouth only two leg bones or a piece of an ear, so will the Israelites be saved, those who sit in Samaria on the edge of their beds and in Damascus on their couches. "

Amos 3:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:10For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:10And they have not known to do the right thing, saith the Lord, storing up iniquity, and robberies in their houses.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:10For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:10and they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and plunder in their palaces.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:10For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:10For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:10|Indeed they don't know to do right,| says Yahweh, |Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:10And they have not known to act straightforwardly, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:10For they know not to do right, said the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.