5Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise — for he is small?'


In Context

2 and it hath come to pass, when it hath finished to consume the herb of the land, that I say: 'Lord Jehovah, forgive, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise — for he is small?'

3 Jehovah hath repented of this, 'It shall not be,' said Jehovah.

4 Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, the Lord Jehovah is calling to contend by fire, and it consumeth the great deep, yea, it hath consumed the portion, and I say:

5 Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise — for he is small?'

6 Jehovah hath repented of this, 'It also shall not be,' said the Lord Jehovah.

7 Thus 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;

Amos 7:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Then I cried out, "Sovereign Lord , I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:5And I said: O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee, who shall raise up Jacob, for he is a little one?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5Then I said, |Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.