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.


In Context

5 And perfume with leaven a thank-offering, And proclaim willing gifts, sound ye! For so ye have loved, O sons of Israel, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

6 And I also — I have given to you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, And lack of bread in all your places, And ye have not turned back unto Me, an affirmation of Jehovah.

7 And I also — I have withheld from you the rain. While yet three months to harvest, And I have sent rain on one city, And on another city I do not send rain, One portion is rained on, And the portion on which it raineth not withereth.

8 And 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.

9 I have smitten you with blasting and with mildew, The abundance of your gardens and of your vineyards, And of your figs, and of your olives, Eat doth the palmer-worm, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

10 I have sent among you pestilence by the way of Egypt, I have slain by sword your choice ones, With your captive horses, And I cause the stink of your camps to come up — even into your nostrils, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet you haven't returned to me,| says Yahweh.

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.