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


In Context

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.

8 And the Lord asked me, "What do you see, Amos?" "A plumb line," I replied. Then the Lord said, "Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.

Amos 7:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:6The Lord had pity upon this. Yea this also shall not be, said the Lord God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:6Jehovah repented concerning this: this also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:6Jehovah repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:6The LORD repented concerning this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:6Yahweh relented concerning this. |This also shall not be,| says the Lord Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:6Jehovah hath repented of this, 'It also shall not be,' said the Lord Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord GOD.