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Amos 5:3

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3For thus says Lord Yahweh,

“The city which goes forth one thousand strong

Will have one ahundred left,

And the one which goes forth one hundred strong

Will have bten left to the house of Israel.”

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Cross references

  1. aIs 6:13
  2. bAmos 6:9

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

For thus says the Lord God:

“The city that went out a thousand

shall have a hundred left,

and that which went out a hundred

shall have ten left

to the house of Israel.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Israel:

“Your city that marches out a thousand strong

will have only a hundred left;

your town that marches out a hundred strong

will have only ten left.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For the Lord God says:

The city that marches out a thousand strong

will have only a hundred left,

and the one that marches out a hundred strong

will have only ten left in the house of Israel.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Sovereign Lord says:

“When a city sends a thousand men to battle,

only a hundred will return.

When a town sends a hundred,

only ten will come back alive.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For thus says my Lord Yahweh, “The city that marches out with a thousand will only have a hundred left. And the one that marches out with a hundred will only have ten left for the house of Israel.”

KJV 1900King James Version

For thus saith the Lord God;

The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred,

And that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten,

To the house of Israel.