3So the Lord relented. "This will not happen," the Lord said.


In Context

1 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts after the king's share had been harvested and just as the second crop was coming up.

2 When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, "Sovereign Lord , forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!"

3 So the Lord relented. "This will not happen," the Lord said.

4 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: The Sovereign Lord was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land.

5 Then I cried out, "Sovereign Lord , I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!"

Amos 7:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:3The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:3The Lord had pity upon this: It shall not be, said the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:3Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:3Jehovah repented for this: It shall not be, said Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:3The LORD repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:3The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:3Yahweh relented concerning this. |It shall not be,| says Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:3Jehovah hath repented of this, 'It shall not be,' said Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:3The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, said the LORD.