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


In Context

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!"

6 So the Lord relented. "This will not happen either," the Sovereign Lord said.

7 This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand.

Amos 7:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:5And I said: O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee, who shall raise up Jacob, for he is a little one?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5Then I said, |Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise — for he is small?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.