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Amos 5:26–27

26 sYou tshall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves, 27 uand I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is gthe God of hosts.

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Amos 5:26–27 — The New International Version (NIV)

26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king,

the pedestal of your idols,

the star of your god—

which you made for yourselves.

27 Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,”

says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.

Amos 5:26–27 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images,

The star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,

Saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.

Amos 5:26–27 — New Living Translation (NLT)

26 No, you served your pagan gods—Sakkuth your king god and Kaiwan your star god—the images you made for yourselves. 27 So I will send you into exile, to a land east of Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of Heaven’s Armies.

Amos 5:26–27 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

26 You also carried Sikkuth your king

And Chiun, your idols,

The star of your gods,

Which you made for yourselves.

27 Therefore I will send you into captivity beyond Damascus,”

Says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.

Amos 5:26–27 — New Century Version (NCV)

26 You have carried with you

your king, the god Sakkuth,

and Kaiwan your idol,

and the star gods you have made.

27 So I will send you away as captives beyond Damascus,”

says the Lord, whose name is the God All-Powerful.

Amos 5:26–27 — American Standard Version (ASV)

26 Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. 27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.

Amos 5:26–27 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

26 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of your Moloch, and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye had made to yourselves; 27 and I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.

Amos 5:26–27 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

26 You carried along the statues of ⸤the god⸥ Sikkuth as your king 

and the star Kiyyun, 

the gods you made for yourselves. 

27 I will send you into exile beyond Damascus, 

says the Lord, whose name is the God of Armies. 

Amos 5:26–27 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

26 But you have taken up Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, images you have made for yourselves. 27 So I will send you into exile beyond Damascus.” Yahweh, the God of Hosts, is His name. He has spoken.

Amos 5:26–27 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

26 You shall take up Sakkuth your king, and Kaiwan your star-god, your images, which you made for yourselves; 27 therefore I will take you into exile beyond Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.

Amos 5:26–27 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

26 And you will take up Sikkuth, your king, and Kaiwan, your images, the star of your gods which you made for yourselves. 27 And I will deport you beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh—the God of hosts is his name.

Amos 5:26–27 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

26 Yes. But you have honored the place

where your king worshiped other gods.

You have carried the stands

the statues of your gods were on.

You have lifted up the banners

of the stars you worship as gods.

You made all of those things for yourselves.

27 So I will send you away

as prisoners beyond Damascus,”

says the Lord.

His name is God Who Rules Over All.

Amos 5:26–27 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

26 “You also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your gods which you made for yourselves.

27 “Therefore, I will make you go into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.


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