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Amos 7:12-14
Expanded Bible
Amos 7:12-14
Expanded Bible
12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Seer [C another name for a prophet], go back right now to the land of Judah. Do your prophesying and ·earn your living [L eat bread] there, 13 but don’t prophesy anymore here at Bethel. This is the king’s ·holy place [sanctuary], and it is the ·nation’s temple [or royal palace; L house of the kingdom].”
14 Then Amos answered Amaziah, “·I do not make my living as a prophet, nor am I a member of a group of prophets [L I was not a prophet nor a prophet’s son/disciple]. I ·make my living as [L was] a shepherd, and ·I take care [a tender] of ·sycamore [or sycamore-fig] trees.
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Amos 7:12-14
New King James Version
Amos 7:12-14
New King James Version
12 Then Amaziah said to Amos:
“Go, you seer!
Flee to the land of Judah.
There eat bread,
And there prophesy.
13 But (A)never again prophesy at Bethel,
(B)For it is the king’s [a]sanctuary,
And it is the royal [b]residence.”
14 Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah:
“I was no prophet,
Nor was I (C)a son of a prophet,
But I was a (D)sheepbreeder
And a tender of sycamore fruit.
Amos 7:12-14
New International Version
Amos 7:12-14
New International Version
12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer!(A) Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.(B) 13 Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel,(C) because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple(D) of the kingdom.(E)”
14 Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet(F) nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.(G)
Amos 7:12-14
English Standard Version
Amos 7:12-14
English Standard Version
12 And Amaziah said to Amos, (A)“O seer, go, flee away (B)to the land of Judah, and (C)eat bread there, and prophesy there, 13 but (D)never again prophesy at Bethel, for (E)it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”
14 Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, (F)“I was[a] no prophet, nor a prophet's son, but (G)I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs.
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- Amos 7:14 Or am; twice in this verse
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