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Amos 6:9–10

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9And if there are ten men left in one house, they will die.f 10A close relativeC and burnerDg will remove his corpseE from the house. He will call to someone in the inner recesses of the house, “Any more with you?”

That person will reply, “None.”

Then he will say, “Silence, because the Lord’s name must not be invoked.”h

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Footnotes

  1. C His uncle
  2. DA burner of incense, a memorial fire, or a body; obscure
  3. E remove bones

Cross references

  1. fAm 5:3
  2. g1Sm 31:12; 2Ch 16:14; Jr 34:5
  3. hIs 48:1; Jr 44:26; Hs 4:15

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And if ten men remain in one house, they shall die. And when one’s relative, the one who anoints him for burial, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, “Is there still anyone with you?” he shall say, “No”; and he shall say, “Silence! We must not mention the name of the Lord.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If ten people are left in one house, they too will die. And if the relative who comes to carry the bodies out of the house to burn them asks anyone who might be hiding there, “Is anyone else with you?” and he says, “No,” then he will go on to say, “Hush! We must not mention the name of the Lord.”

NLTNew Living Translation

(If there are ten men left in one house, they will all die. And when a relative who is responsible to dispose of the dead goes into the house to carry out the bodies, he will ask the last survivor, “Is anyone else with you?” When the person begins to swear, “No, by …,” he will interrupt and say, “Stop! Don’t even mention the name of the Lord.”)

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And then if ten people remain in one house, they too will die. And if one’s relative, who burns the body, lifts it up and brings the body out of the house and he will say to someone in the innermost part of the house, “Are there any more with you?” and he will say, “None,” then he will say, “Silence,” because we must not invoke the name of Yahweh.

KJV 1900King James Version

And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

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.