Amos 5:13
“Therefore the prudent shall keepe silence in that time, for it is an euill time.”
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Amos 5:13 Context
11Forasmuch therfore as your treading is vpon the poore, and ye take from him burdens of wheate, ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: yee haue planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drinke wine of them. 12For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mighty sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take a bribe, and they turne aside the poore in the gate from their right. 13Therefore the prudent shall keepe silence in that time, for it is an euill time. 14Seeke good and not euill, that ye may liue: and so the Lord, the God of hosts shall be with you, as yee haue spoken. 15Hate the euill, and loue the good, and establish iudgement in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hostes will bee gracious vnto the remnant of Ioseph.
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Other Translations for Amos 5:13
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it [is] an evil time.
- King James Version
Therefore at such a time the prudent person keeps silent, for it is an evil time.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.
- Basic English Bible
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in this time; for it is an evil time.
- Darby Bible
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
- Webster's Bible
Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
- World English Bible
Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it [is].
- Youngs Literal Bible
Therefore the prudent doth keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Amos 5:13
5:13 Shall keep silence - Be forced to it. Evil - Both for the sinfulness of it, and for the troubles, wars, and captivity now at hand.