Amos 5:26
“But yee haue borne the tabernacle of your Moloch, and Chiun your images, the starre of your god, which ye made to your selues.”
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Amos 5:26 Context
24But let iudgement run downe as waters, and righteousnesse as a mightie streame. 25Haue yee offered vnto mee sacrifices and offerings in the wildernesse fourtie yeeres, O house of Israel? 26But yee haue borne the tabernacle of your Moloch, and Chiun your images, the starre of your god, which ye made to your selues. 27Therefore wil I cause you to go into captiuitie beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose Name is the God of hostes.
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Other Translations for Amos 5:26
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
- King James Version
"You also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your gods which you made for yourselves.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Truly, you will take up Saccuth your king and Kaiwan your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
- Basic English Bible
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of your Moloch, and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye had made to yourselves;
- Darby Bible
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
- Webster's Bible
You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
- World English Bible
And ye bare Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, The star of your god, that ye made for yourselves.
- Youngs Literal Bible
So shall ye take up Siccuth your king and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Amos 5:26
5:26 Ye have borne - Ye carried along with you in the wilderness; the shrine, or canopy in which the image was placed. Moloch - The great idol of the Ammonites. Chiun - Another idol.