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;


In Context

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;

8 and Jehovah saith unto me, 'What art thou seeing, Amos?' And I say, 'A plumb-line;' and the Lord saith: 'Lo, I am setting a plumb-line in the midst of My people Israel, I do not add any more to pass over to it.

9 And desolated have been high places of Isaac, And sanctuaries of Israel are wasted, And I have risen against the house of Jeroboam with a 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 World English Bible Translation 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 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.