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


In Context

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.

8 Sworn hath the Lord Jehovah by Himself, An affirmation of Jehovah, God of Hosts: I am abominating the excellency of Jacob, And his high places I have hated, And I have delivered up the city and its fulness.

9 And if there are left ten persons in one house, It hath come to pass — that they have died.

Amos 6:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:7Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:7Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile; your feasting and lounging will end.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:7Wherefore now they shall go captive at the head of them that go into captivity: and the faction of the luxurious ones shall be taken away.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:7Therefore shall they now go captive with the first that go captive; and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7Therefore shall they now go captive, with the first that go captive, and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:7Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive; and the feasting and lounging will end.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:7Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.