Amos 6:11
King James Version (KJV)
For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
In context
9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
10 And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
Amos 6:11 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
- WEB World English Bible
- “For, behold, the LORD commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- For lo, Jehovah is commanding, And He hath smitten the great house [with] breaches, And the little house [with] clefts.
- DBY Darby Translation
- For behold, Jehovah commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.