Amos 7:5
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
In context
3 So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.
4 This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
5 Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
6 So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
7 This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.
Amos 7:5 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
- KJV King James Version
- Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
- WEB World English Bible
- Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'Lord Jehovah, cease, I pray Thee, How doth Jacob arise — for he [is] small?'
- DBY Darby Translation
- Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.