Amos 3:3,10 - Compare All Versions

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Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?

“They do not know how to do right,” declares the LORD, “who store up in their fortresses what they have plundered and looted.”

“Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet?

“They do not know how to do right,” declares the LORD, “those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”

Can two people walk together without agreeing on the direction?

“My people have forgotten how to do right,” says the LORD. “Their fortresses are filled with wealth taken by theft and violence.

Can two walk together  without agreeing to meet?

The people are incapable of doing right   — this is the  LORD’s declaration — those who store up violence and destruction  in their citadels.

Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?

For they do not know to do right,’ Says the LORD, ‘Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ ”

Do two people walk hand in hand if they aren’t going to the same place? Does a lion roar in the forest if there’s no carcass to devour? Does a young lion growl with pleasure if he hasn’t caught his supper? Does a bird fall to the ground if it hasn’t been hit with a stone? Does a trap spring shut if nothing trips it? When the alarm goes off in the city, aren’t people alarmed? And when disaster strikes the city, doesn’t GOD stand behind it? The fact is, GOD, the Master, does nothing without first telling his prophets the whole story.

Announce to the forts of Assyria, announce to the forts of Egypt— Tell them, “Gather on the Samaritan mountains, take a good, hard look: what a snake pit of brutality and terror! They can’t—or won’t—do one thing right.” GOD said so. “They stockpile violence and blight. Therefore”—this is GOD’s Word—“an enemy will surround the country. He’ll strip you of your power and plunder your forts.”

Do two people walk together unless they have agreed to meet?

But they do not know how to do what is right,” declares the LORD, “these who store up violence and devastation in their citadels.”

Do two men walk together unless they have made an appointment?

For they do not know how to do right,” says the LORD, “these who store up violence and devastation [like treasures] in their strongholds.”

Do two walk together without having met?

“They do not know how to do what is right.” (The LORD is speaking.) “They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses.