11 translations · Hebrew
Amos 3:7
Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
Amos 3:7 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
- KJV King James Version
- Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- For Lord YHWH does nothing, || Except He has revealed His counsel to His servants the prophets.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- For the Lord God does nothing without revealing his intentions to his servants the prophets.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets.
- DBY Darby Translation
- But the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret to his servants the prophets.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For the Lord God doth nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | kî | Surely | H3588 כִּי for |
| לֹ֧א | lō | nothing | H3808 לֹא not |
| יַעֲשֶׂ֛ה | ya·‘ă·śeh | does | H6213 עָשָׂה to make: do |
| אֲדֹנָ֥י | ’ă·ḏō·nāy | the Lord | H136 אֲדֹנָי Lord |
| יְהוִ֖ה | Yah·weh | GOD | H3069 יְהֹוִה YHWH/God |
| דָּבָ֑ר | dā·ḇār | — | H1697 דָּבָר word |
| כִּ֚י | kî | without | H3588 כִּי for |
| אִם־ | ’im- | — | H518 אִם if |
| גָּלָ֣ה | gā·lāh | revealing | H1540 הֶגְלָם Heglam |
| סוֹד֔וֹ | sō·w·ḏōw | His plan | H5475 סוֹד counsel |
| אֶל־ | ’el- | to | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
| עֲבָדָ֖יו | ‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw | His servants | H5650 עֶ֫בֶד servant/slave |
| הַנְּבִיאִֽים׃ | han·nə·ḇî·’îm | the prophets | H5030 נָבִיא prophet |
Related verses
- John 15:15
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
- Genesis 18:17
Yahweh said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
- Psalm 25:14
The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.
- Revelation 1:1
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
- Daniel 9:22–27
He instructed me, and talked with me, and said, Daniel, “I have now come to give you wisdom and understanding. At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went out, and I have come to tell you; for you are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision. “Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. …
- Genesis 6:13
God said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them and the earth.
- Daniel 10:21
But I will tell you that which is inscribed in the writing of truth. There is no one who holds with me against these, but Michael your prince.
- Revelation 4:1
After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”
- Revelation 1:19
Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter;
- Jeremiah 23:22
But if they had stood in my council, then they would have caused my people to hear my words, and would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
5 Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?
6 Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn’t done it?
7 Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
8 The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy?
9 Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them.”
Read all of Amos 3 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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