Amos 3:13

New Century Version

"Listen and be witnesses against the family of Jacob," says the Lord God , the God All-Powerful.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Listen and testify against the house of Jacob—

Hebrew Names Version
"Listen, and testify against the house of Ya`akov," says the Lord GOD, the God Tzva'ot,.

King James Version
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God , the God of hosts,

English Standard Version
"Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob," declares the Lord God , the God of hosts,

New American Standard Bible
"Hear and testify against the house of Jacob," Declares the Lord GOD, the God of armies.

Amplified Bible
"Hear and testify against the house of Jacob," Says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Heare, and testifie in the house of Iaakob, saith the Lord God, the God of hostes.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Hear and testify against the house of Jacob," Declares the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.

Legacy Standard Bible
Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,"Declares Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts.

Berean Standard Bible
Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord God All-Powerful told me to speak this message against Jacob's descendants:

Complete Jewish Bible
"As a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion a couple of leg bones or a piece of an ear; so the people of Isra'el in Shomron will be rescued, huddled under cushions in the corners of their beds. "Hear, and testify against the house of Ya‘akov," says Adonai Elohim Elohei-Tzva'ot.

Darby Translation
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts,

Easy-to-Read Version
This is what the Lord God All-Powerful says: "Warn the family of Jacob about these things.

George Lamsa Translation
Hear, and testify in the house of Jacob, says the LORD God, the God of hosts of Israel,

Good News Translation
Listen now, and warn the descendants of Jacob," says the Sovereign Lord Almighty.

Lexham English Bible
"Listen and testify against the house of Jacob," declares my Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts.

Literal Translation
Hear and testify in the house of Jacob, declares the Lord Jehovah, the God of Hosts.

American Standard Version
Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts.

Bible in Basic English
Give ear now, and give witness against the family of Jacob, says the Lord God, the God of armies;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.

King James Version (1611)
Heare yee and testifie in the house of Iacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hostes;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Heare and testifie in the house of Iacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hoastes:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Hear, O ye priests, and testify to the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God Almighty.

English Revised Version
Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.

World English Bible
"Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob," says the Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Here ye, and witnesse ye in the hous of Jacob, seith the Lord God of oostis.

Update Bible Version
Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob, says the Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts.

Webster's Bible Translation
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

New English Translation
Listen and warn the family of Jacob! The sovereign Lord , the God who commands armies, is speaking!

New King James Version
Hear and testify against the house of Jacob," Says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

New Living Translation
"Now listen to this, and announce it throughout all Israel," says the Lord, the Lord God of Heaven's Armies.

New Life Bible
Hear and speak against the family of Jacob," says the Lord God, the God of All.

New Revised Standard
Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob, says the Lord God , the God of hosts:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Hear ye and bear witness, throughout the house of Jacob, - Commandeth My Lord, Yahweh, God of hosts:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord the God of hosts:

Revised Standard Version
"Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob," says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

Young's Literal Translation
Hear ye and testify to the house of Jacob, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, God of Hosts.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Heare, and beare recorde in the house of Iacob (sayeth the LORDE God of hoostes)

THE MESSAGE
"Listen and bring witness against Jacob's family"— this is God's Word, God -of-the-Angel-Armies! "Note well! The day I make Israel pay for its sins, pay for the sin-altars of worship at Bethel, The horned altars will all be dehorned and scattered around. I'll tear down the winter palace, smash the summer palace—all your fancy buildings. The luxury homes will be demolished, all those pretentious houses." God 's Decree.

Contextual Overview

⁹ Announce this to the strong buildings of Ashdod and to the strong buildings of Egypt: "Come to the mountains of Samaria, where you will see great confusion and people hurting others." ¹⁰ "The people don't know how to do what is right," says the Lord . "Their strong buildings are filled with treasures they took by force from others." ¹¹ So this is what the Lord God says: "An enemy will take over the land and pull down your strongholds; he will take the treasures out of your strong buildings." ¹² This is what the Lord says: "A shepherd might save from a lion's mouth only two leg bones or a scrap of an ear of his sheep. In the same way only a few Israelites in Samaria will be saved— people who now sit on their beds and on their couches." ¹³ "Listen and be witnesses against the family of Jacob," says the Lord God , the God All-Powerful. ¹⁴ "When I punish Israel for their sins, I will also destroy the altars at Bethel. The corners of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground. ¹⁵ I will tear down the winter house, together with the summer house. The houses decorated with ivory will be destroyed, and the great houses will come to an end," says the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and testify: Deuteronomy 8:19, Deuteronomy 30:18, Deuteronomy 30:19, 2 Kings 17:13, 2 Kings 17:15, 2 Chronicles 24:19, Acts 2:40, Acts 18:5, Acts 18:6, Acts 20:21, Ephesians 4:17, 1 Thessalonians 4:6

the Lord: Amos 5:27, Joshua 22:22, Isaiah 1:24

Reciprocal: Exodus 33:3 - lest I Isaiah 7:13 - will ye Amos 4:13 - The Lord Amos 5:16 - the Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 3:4
But the snake said to the woman, "You will not die.

Genesis 3:6
The woman saw that the tree was beautiful, that its fruit was good to eat, and that it would make her wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of the fruit to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Genesis 3:9
But the Lord God called to the man and said, "Where are you?"

Genesis 3:10
The man answered, "I heard you walking in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid."

Genesis 3:12
The man said, "You gave this woman to me and she gave me fruit from the tree, so I ate it."

Genesis 44:15
Joseph said to them, "What have you done? Didn't you know that a man like me can learn things by signs and dreams?"

1 Samuel 13:11
Samuel asked, "What have you done?" Saul answered, "I saw the soldiers leaving me, and you were not here when you said you would be. The Philistines were gathering at Micmash.

2 Samuel 3:24
Joab came to the king and said, "What have you done? Abner came to you. Why did you let him go? Now he's gone.

John 18:35
Pilate answered, "I am not one of you. It was your own people and their leading priests who handed you over to me. What have you done wrong?"

1 Timothy 2:14
And Adam was not tricked, but the woman was tricked and became a sinner.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob,.... The prophets and priests, whose business it was to speak to the people from the Lord, and declare his will to them, and to admonish them of their sin and danger, are here called upon to hearken to what the Lord was about to say, and to testify and publish it to the people of Israel, the posterity of Jacob, though sadly degenerated:

saith the Lord God, the God of hosts; the eternal Jehovah, the Being of beings, the God of the whole earth, the God of the armies above and below; and, being so great, ought to be heard with the greatest attention and reverence in what follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hear ye and testify ye in - (Rather unto or against ) the house of Israel; first “hear” yourselves, then “testify,” that is, solemnly “protest,” in the Name of God; and “bear witness unto” and “against” them, so that the solemn words may sink into them. It is of little avail to “testfy,” unless we first “hear;” nor can man “bear witness” to what he doth not know; nor will words make an “impression,” that is, leave a trace of themselves, be stamped in or on people’s souls, unless the soul which utters them have first hearkened unto them.

Saith the Lord God of hosts - “So thundereth, as it were, the authority of the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of the shepherd. Foretelling and protesting the destruction of the altar of Bethel, he sets his God against the god whom Israel had chosen as theirs and worshiped there, “the Lord God of hosts,” against “the similitude of a calf that eateth hay” Psalms 106:20. Not I, a shepherd, but so speaketh my God against your god.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Amos 3:13. Hear ye — This is an address to the prophet.