8So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet you haven't returned to me,| says Yahweh.


In Context

5 offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim free will offerings and brag about them: for this pleases you, you children of Israel,| says the Lord Yahweh.

6 |I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in every town; yet you haven't returned to me,| says Yahweh.

7 |I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One place was rained on, and the piece where it didn't rain withered.

8 So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet you haven't returned to me,| says Yahweh.

9 |I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your vineyards; and your fig trees and your olive trees have the swarming locust devoured: yet you haven't returned to me,| says Yahweh.

10 |I sent plagues among you like I did Egypt. I have slain your young men with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you haven't returned to me,| says Yahweh.

Amos 4:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8So two [or] three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:8People staggered from town to town for water but did not get enough to drink, yet you have not returned to me," declares the Lord .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:8And two and three cities went to one city to drink water, and were not filled: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:8So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8And two, three, cities wandered unto one city, to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:8So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8So two or three cities wandered to one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned to me, saith the LORD.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8And wandered have two or three cities, Unto the same city to drink water, And they are not satisfied, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8So two or three cities wandered to one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have you not returned to me, said the LORD.