5You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments.


In Context

2 Go to Calneh and look at it; go from there to great Hamath, and then go down to Gath in Philistia. Are they better off than your two kingdoms? Is their land larger than yours?

3 You put off the evil day and bring near a reign of terror.

4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs and fattened calves.

5 You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments.

6 You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest lotions, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

7 Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile; your feasting and lounging will end.

Amos 6:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:5That chant to the sound of the viol, [and] invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:5You that sing to the sound of the psaltery: they have thought themselves to have instruments of music like David;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:5that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5that chant to the sound of the lute, and invent them instruments of music, like David;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:5that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that devise for themselves instruments of music, like David;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5who strum on the strings of a harp; who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5Who are taking part according to the psaltery, Like David they invented for themselves instruments of music;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:5That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David;