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


In Context

4 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.

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

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

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

8 Yahweh said to me, |Amos, what do you see?| I said, |A plumb line.| Then the Lord said, |Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.

9 The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will 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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7Thus he showed me: and behold, the Lord stood upon 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.