5Who are taking part according to the psaltery, Like David they invented for themselves instruments of music;


In Context

2 Pass ye over to Calneh and see, And go thence to Hamath the great, And go down to Gath of the Philistines, Are they better than these kingdoms? Greater is their border than your border?

3 Who are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence,

4 Who are lying down on beds of ivory, And are spread out on their couches, And are eating lambs from the flock, And calves from the midst of the stall,

5 Who are taking part according to the psaltery, Like David they invented for themselves instruments of music;

6 Who are drinking with bowls of wine, And with chief perfumes anoint themselves, And have not been pained for the breach of Joseph.

7 Therefore now they remove at the head of the captives, And turned aside is the mourning-feast of stretched-out ones.

Amos 6:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:5That chant to the sound of the viol, [and] invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:5You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:5You that sing to the sound of the psaltery: they have thought themselves to have instruments of music like David;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:5that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5that chant to the sound of the lute, and invent them instruments of music, like David;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:5that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that devise for themselves instruments of music, like David;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5who strum on the strings of a harp; who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:5That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David;