Amos 7:5
World English Bible (WEB)
Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
In context
3 The LORD relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says the LORD.
4 Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.
5 Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
6 The LORD relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord GOD.
7 Thus he showed me: behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
Amos 7:5 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
- KJV King James Version
- Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so 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.