7Thus he showed me: and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.


In Context

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.

8 And the LORD said to me, Amos, what seest thou? and I said, A plumb-line. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:

9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

Amos 7:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:7Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:7This 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:7These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold the Lord was standing upon a plastered wall, and in his hand a mason's trowel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:7Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7Thus did he shew unto me; and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:7Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7Thus he showed me and behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7Thus hath He shewed me, and lo, the Lord is standing by a wall made according to a plumb-line, and in His hand a plumb-line;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:7Thus he showed me: and, behold, the LORD stood on a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.