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 .


In Context

5 Burn leavened bread as a thank offering and brag about your freewill offerings- boast about them, you Israelites, for this is what you love to do," declares the Sovereign Lord .

6 "I gave you empty stomachs in every city and lack of bread in every town, yet you have not returned to me," declares the Lord .

7 "I also withheld rain from you when the harvest was still three months away. I sent rain on one town, but withheld it from another. One field had rain; another had none and dried up.

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

9 "Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards, I struck them with blight and mildew. Locusts devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you have not returned to me," declares the Lord .

10 "I sent plagues among you as I did to Egypt. I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camps, yet you have not returned to me," declares 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 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 English Revised 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 the LORD.

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.