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


In Context

2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

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

4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shown to me: and behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

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

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

7 Thus he showed me: and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line, 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Then I cried out, "Sovereign Lord , I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so 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 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.