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Amos 2

16 aligned verses; 16 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse KJV King James Version YLT Young's Literal Translation
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime :
Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of his burning the bones of the king of Edom to lime ,
But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult , with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet :
And I have sent a fire against Moab, And it hath consumed the palaces of Kerioth, And dying with noise is Moab , With shouting, with voice of a trumpet .
And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof , and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD .
And I have cut off a judge from her midst, And all its heads I slay with him, said Jehovah .
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD , and have not kept his commandments , and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, And for four, I do not reserve it, Because of their loathing the law of Jehovah , And His statutes they have not kept, And their lies do cause them to err, After which their fathers did walk,
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
And I have sent a fire against Judah, And it hath consumed palaces of Jerusalem.
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their selling for silver the righteous , And the needy for a pair of sandals.
That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid , to profane my holy name :
Who are panting for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And the way of the humble they turn aside, And a man and his father go unto the damsel , So as to pollute My holy name .
And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god .
And on pledged garments they stretch themselves near every altar, And the wine of fined ones they drink ` in ' the house of their gods .
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks ; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
And I -- I have destroyed the Amorite from before them, Whose height `is' as the height of cedars, And strong he `is' as the oaks , And I destroy his fruit from above, And his roots from beneath.
Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness , to possess the land of the Amorite.
And I -- I have brought you up from the land of Egypt, And cause you to go in a wilderness forty years, To possess the land of the Amorite.
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites . Is it not even thus , O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD .
And I raise of your sons for prophets, And of your choice ones for Nazarites , Is not this true , O sons of Israel? An affirmation of Jehovah .
But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink ; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not .
And ye cause the Nazarites to drink wine, And on the prophets ye have laid a charge , Saying, `Do not prophecy!'
Behold , I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves .
Lo , I am pressing you under , As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf .
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force , neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
And perished hath refuge from the swift, And the strong strengtheneth not his power , And the mighty delivereth not his soul.
Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow ; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself : neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself .
And the handler of the bow standeth not, And the swift with his feet delivereth not ` himself ', And the rider of the horse delivereth not his soul .
And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.
And the courageous of heart among the mighty , Naked doth flee in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah!

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