Amos 7:7
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.
In context
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.
8 “Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them:
9 The high places of Isaac will be deserted, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with My sword.”
Amos 7:7 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.
- KJV King James Version
- Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
- WEB World English Bible
- Thus he showed me: behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Thus hath He shewed me, and lo, the Lord is standing by a wall [made according to] a plumb-line, and in His hand a plumb-line;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Thus did he shew unto me; and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Thus he showed me: and behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.