Amos 8:7

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Sworn hath Yahweh, by the Excellency of Jacob, - Surely I will never forget any of their doings!

Parallel Translations

Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lorde hath sworne by the excellencie of Iaakob, Surely I will neuer forget any of their workes.

George Lamsa Translation
The LORD, the Mighty One of Jacob, has sworn, Surely, I will never forget any of their works.

Contemporary English Version
I, the Lord , won't forget any of this, though you take great pride in your ancestor Jacob.

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai swears by Ya‘akov's pride, "I will forget none of their deeds, ever.

Darby Translation
Jehovah hath sworn by the glory of Jacob, Certainly I will never forget any of their works.

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD has sworn by the pride of Ya`akov, "Surely I will never forget any of their works.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The LORD hath sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their works.

Bible in Basic English
The Lord has taken an oath by the pride of Jacob, Truly I will ever keep in mind all their works.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Lorde hath sworne by the excellencie of Iacob, surely I will neuer forget any of their workes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The Lord swears against the pride of Jacob, None of your works shall ever be forgotten.

English Revised Version
The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: "I will never forget any of their deeds.

THE MESSAGE
God swears against the arrogance of Jacob: "I'm keeping track of their every last sin." God's oath will shake earth's foundations, dissolve the whole world into tears. God's oath will sweep in like a river that rises, flooding houses and lands, And then recedes, leaving behind a sea of mud.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord made a promise. He used his name, "Pride of Jacob," and made this promise: "I will never forget what those people did.

Good News Translation
The Lord , the God of Israel, has sworn, "I will never forget their evil deeds.

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord has sworn by the Pride of Jacob:

King James Version (1611)
The Lord hath sworne by the excellencie of Iacob, Surely I will neuer forget any of their workes.

King James Version
The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

Amplified Bible
The LORD has sworn [an oath] by the pride of Jacob, "Surely I shall never forget [nor leave unpunished] any of their [rebellious] acts.

Lexham English Bible
Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Surely I will never forget any of their deeds!

Literal Translation
Jehovah has sworn by the Pride of Jacob, Surely I will not ever forget all their works.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE hath sworne agaynst the pryde of Iacob: these workes of theirs will I neuer forget.

New Century Version
The Lord has sworn by his name, the Pride of Jacob, "I will never forget everything that these people did.

New English Translation
The Lord confirms this oath by the arrogance of Jacob: "I swear I will never forget all you have done!

New Revised Standard
The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works.

New King James Version
The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: "Surely I will never forget any of their works.

New Living Translation
Now the Lord has sworn this oath by his own name, the Pride of Israel: "I will never forget the wicked things you have done!

New Life Bible
The Lord has promised by the pride of Jacob, "For sure I will never forget anything they have done.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord swoor ayens the pride of Jacob, Y schal not foryete til to the ende alle the werkis of hem.

Young's Literal Translation
Sworn hath Jehovah by the excellency of Jacob: `I forget not for ever any of their works.

Revised Standard Version
The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: "Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.

Update Bible Version
Yahweh has sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

English Standard Version
The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: "Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.

American Standard Version
Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

New American Standard Bible
The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD hath sworn by the excellence of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

World English Bible
Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Surely I will never forget any of their works.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds.

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh has sworn by the lofty pride of Jacob,"Indeed, I will never forget any of their works.

Contextual Overview

⁴ Hear this, ye who pant after the needy, and to make an end of the oppressed of the land: ⁵ Who say, When will the new moon, pass away, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath that we may open grain? who diminish the ephah, and increase the shekel, and who falsify by deceitful weights: ⁶ Who buy - for silver - the poor, and the needy for a pair of shoes, - and that the refuse of the grain we may sell. ⁷ Sworn hath Yahweh, by the Excellency of Jacob, - Surely I will never forget any of their doings! ⁸ Is it not, for this, that the land, shall tremble? and shall mourn every inhabitant therein? Shall it not come up - like the Nile, all of it, and be tossed and subside like the river of Egypt? ⁹ Yea it shall come to pass, in that day, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, that I will cause the sun to go in at high noon, - and will darken the earth on a day of brightness.! ¹⁰ So will I turn your festivals into mourning, and all your songs into a dirge, and I will bring up - on all loins - sackcloth, and upon every head - baldness, - and I will make it like the mourning for an only one, even the afterpart thereof, as a day of bitterness.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sworn: Amos 6:8, Deuteronomy 33:26-29, Psalms 47:4, Psalms 68:34, Luke 2:32

I will: Exodus 17:16, 1 Samuel 15:2, 1 Samuel 15:3, Psalms 10:11, Isaiah 43:25, Jeremiah 17:1, Jeremiah 31:34, Hosea 7:2, Hosea 8:13, Hosea 9:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 8:1 - God remembered Job 24:23 - yet his eyes Job 34:25 - he knoweth Psalms 50:21 - set Psalms 89:35 - Once Psalms 109:15 - before Isaiah 14:24 - Lord Jeremiah 2:22 - yet thine iniquity Jeremiah 22:5 - I Jeremiah 44:21 - did Jeremiah 44:26 - I have sworn Ezekiel 5:11 - as I live Ezekiel 44:12 - therefore

Cross-References

Leviticus 11:15
every raven, after its kind;

1 Kings 17:4
and it shall be that, of the torrent, shalt thou drink, - and, the ravens, have I commanded to sustain thee, there.

1 Kings 17:6
And, the ravens, used to bring him bread and flesh, in the morning, and bread and flesh, in the evening, - and, of the torrent, used he to drink.

Job 38:41
Who prepareth for the Raven his nourishment, - when his young ones - unto GOD - cry out, when they wander for lack of food?

Psalms 147:9
Giving, to the beast, its food, to the young ravens, when they cry.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob,.... Not by the ark, as R. Japhet; nor by the temple, as Kimchi; but by himself; which sense Kimchi also mentions, and Aben Ezra; the God of Jacob and his glory, the most excellent of all Jacob's enjoyments, and of whom he had reason to boast and glory; see Amos 6:8;

surely I will never forget any of their works; their wicked works, especially those now mentioned; God forgets when he forgives them, or suffers them to go unpunished; but though he had done so long, he would do so no more; on which they might depend, since he had not only said it, but swore to it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By the excellency of Jacob - that is, by Himself who was its Glory, as Samuel calls Him “the Strength” 1 Samuel 15:29 or the Glory of Israel. Amos had before said, “God sware by His Holiness” and “by Himself” or “His soul.” Now, in like way, He pledges that Glory wherewith He was become the Glory of His people. He reminds them, who was the sole Source of their glory; not their calves, but Himself, their Creator; and that He would not forget their deeds. “I will not forget any,” literally, “all;” as David and Paul say, “all flesh,” all living men, “shall not be justified,” that is, none, no one, neither the whole nor any of its parts. Amos brings before the mind all their actions, and then says of all and each, the Lord will not forget them. God must cease to be God, if He did not do what He sware to do, punish the oppressors and defrauders of the poor.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Amos 8:7. By the excellency of Jacob — By the state of eminence to which he had raised the descendants of Jacob; or, by the excellent ONE of Jacob, that is, HIMSELF. The meaning is: "As surely as I have raised you to such a state of eminence, so surely will I punish you in proportion to your advantages and your crimes."