11For the Lord has given the command, and he will smash the great house into pieces and the small house into bits.


In Context

8 The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself-the Lord God Almighty declares: "I abhor the pride of Jacob and detest his fortresses; I will deliver up the city and everything in it."

9 If ten men are left in one house, they too will die.

10 And if a relative who is to burn the bodies comes to carry them out of the house and asks anyone still hiding there, "Is anyone with you?" and he says, "No," then he will say, "Hush! We must not mention the name of the Lord ."

11 For the Lord has given the command, and he will smash the great house into pieces and the small house into bits.

12 Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness-

13 you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar and say, "Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?"

Amos 6:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:11For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:11For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:11For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:11For behold, Jehovah commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:11For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:11For behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:11|For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:11For lo, Jehovah is commanding, And He hath smitten the great house with breaches, And the little house with clefts.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:11For, behold, the LORD commands, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.