Amos 6:9

Amplified Bible

And it shall come to pass that if there remain ten men in one house, they shall die [by the pestilence that comes with war].

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And if there are ten men left in one house, they will die.

Hebrew Names Version
It will happen, if there remain ten men in one house, That they shall die.

King James Version (1611)
And it shall come to passe, if there remaine tenne men in one house, that they shall die.

King James Version
And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

English Standard Version
And if ten men remain in one house, they shall die.

New American Standard Bible
And it will be, if ten men are left in one house, they will die.

New Century Version
At that time there might be only ten people left alive in just one house, but they will also die.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And if there remaine ten men in one house, they shal die.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And it will be, if ten men are left in one house, they will die.

Legacy Standard Bible
And it will be, if ten men are left in one house, they will die.

Berean Standard Bible
And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.

Contemporary English Version
If only ten of you survive by hiding in a house you will still die.

Complete Jewish Bible
When that day comes, if ten men remain in one house, they will die.

Darby Translation
And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

Easy-to-Read Version
At that time ten people in one house might survive, but they too will die.

George Lamsa Translation
And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house that they shall die.

Good News Translation
If there are ten men left in a family, they will die.

Lexham English Bible
And then if ten people remain in one house, they too will die.

Literal Translation
And it shall be, if ten men remain in one house, then they shall die.

American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

Bible in Basic English
Then it will come about that if there are still ten men in a house, death will overtake them.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And if there remayne ten men in one house, they shall dye,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it shall come to pass, if there be ten men left in one house, that they shall die.

English Revised Version
And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

World English Bible
It will happen, if there remain ten men in one house, That they shall die.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that if ten men ben left in oon hous, and thei schulen die.

Update Bible Version
And it shall come to pass, if ten men remain in one house, that they shall die.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, they shall die.

New English Translation
If ten men are left in one house, they too will die.

New King James Version
Then it shall come to pass, that if ten men remain in one house, they shall die.

New Living Translation
(If there are ten men left in one house, they will all die.

New Life Bible
If ten men are left in one house, they will die.

New Revised Standard
If ten people remain in one house, they shall die.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it shall come to pass, though there be left remaining ten men in one house, yet shall they die;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if there remain ten men in one house, they also shall die.

Revised Standard Version
And if ten men remain in one house, they shall die.

Young's Literal Translation
And if there are left ten persons in one house, It hath come to pass -- that they have died.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
so that though there remayne ten men in one house, they shal dye.

THE MESSAGE
Ten men are in a house, all dead. A relative comes and gets the bodies to prepare them for a decent burial. He discovers a survivor huddled in a closet and asks, "Are there any more?" The answer: "Not a soul. But hush! God must not be mentioned in this desecrated place."

Contextual Overview

⁸The Lord GOD has sworn [an oath] by Himself—the LORD God of hosts, says: "I loathe and reject the [self-centered] arrogance of Jacob (Israel), And I hate his palaces and citadels; Therefore, I shall hand over the [idolatrous] city [of Samaria] with all that it contains [to the Assyrian invaders]." ⁹And it shall come to pass that if there remain ten men in one house, they shall die [by the pestilence that comes with war].¹⁰Then one's uncle, or his undertaker, shall come to bring the [disease-infected] body out of the house, [to cremate it], and he will say to another in the farthest part of the house, "Is there anyone else with you?" And that one will say, "No one." Then he will respond, "Hush! Keep quiet! For the name of the LORD is not to be mentioned [even casually, for fear that we might invoke even more punishment]." ¹¹For behold, the LORD is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments. ¹²Do horses run on rocks? Do men plow rocks with oxen? [Of course not!] Yet you have turned justice into poison And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood (bitterness), ¹³You who [self-confidently] rejoice in Lo-debar (Nothing), Who say, "Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim (Strength) for ourselves?" ¹⁴"For behold, I am going to stir up a nation against you, O house of Israel," says the LORD, the God of hosts, "And they will afflict and torment you [to the entire limits of Israel] from the entrance of Hamath [in the north] To the brook of the Arabah [in the south]."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

if: Amos 5:3, 1 Samuel 2:33, Esther 5:11, Esther 9:10, Job 1:2, Job 1:19, Job 20:28, Psalms 109:13, Isaiah 14:21

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 16:4 - not Ezekiel 24:22 - General Amos 8:3 - they shall

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
This is the history of [the origin of] the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day [that is, days of creation] that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens—

Genesis 5:1
This is the book (the written record, the history) of the generations of [the descendants of] Adam. When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness].

Genesis 5:22
Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God three hundred years after the birth of Methuselah and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:24
And [in reverent fear and obedience] Enoch walked with God; and he was not [found among men], because God took him [away to be home with Him].

Genesis 6:9
These are the records of the generations (family history) of Noah. Noah was a righteous man [one who was just and had right standing with God], blameless in his [evil] generation; Noah walked (lived) [in habitual fellowship] with God.

Genesis 6:15
"This is the way you are to make it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits (450' x 75' x 45').

Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you with all your household, for you [alone] I have seen as righteous (doing what is right) before Me in this generation.

Genesis 10:1
These are the records of the generations (descendants) of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and the sons born to them after the flood:

Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; Walk [habitually] before Me [with integrity, knowing that you are always in My presence], and be blameless and complete [in obedience to Me].

Genesis 48:15
Then Jacob (Israel) blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked [in faithful obedience], The God who has been my Shepherd [leading and caring for me] all my life to this day,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it shall come to pass,.... When the city is delivered up and taken:

if there remain; who are not carried captive, or destroyed by the sword:

ten men in one house; that is, many, a certain number for an uncertain:

that they shall die; either with famine, or by the pestilence, though they have escaped the other calamities; so general shall the destruction be, by one means or another.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If there shall remain ten men - He probably still denounces the punishment of the rich inhabitants of the palaces, since in these only, of old, would there be found “ten men.” They died, it seems, at once, and so probably through the plague, the common companion. of the siege. The prophet had before compared them to Sodom. It may be, that, in this mention of “ten men,” he tacitly refers to the history of that destruction. Then God promised, not to destroy the city, if there were ten righteous in it Genesis 18:32. Here were “ten left,” not in one city, but in one house. Had God forgotten His loving-kindness? No! but, in Samaria, not even ten who “remained over,” and so had survived after the chastisement had begun, turned to God. All then were to be taken or destroyed. The miseries of its three years’ siege by Shalmanezer may be filled up from those of its earlier siege by Benhadad 2 Kings 6:24-29, or from those of Jerusalem. The sufferings of a siege are in proportion to the obstinacy of the defense; and Samaria resisted for twice the time in which Jerusalem was reduced by famine at its first captivity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Amos 6:9. Ten men - they shall die. — ALL shall be cut off by the sword, or by captivity, or by famine.