Amos 5:3
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5:3The sovereign Lord says this:
“The city that marches out with a thousand soldiers5 will have only a hundred left;
the town6 that marches out with a hundred soldiers7 will have only ten left for the family of Israel.”8
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- 5 The word “soldiers” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
- 6 Heb “The one.” The word “town” has been used in the translation in keeping with the relative sizes of the armed contingents sent out by each. It is also possible that this line is speaking of the same city of the previous line. In other words, the contingent sent by that one city would have suffered a ninety-nine percent casualty loss.
- 7 The word “soldiers” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
- 8 Heb “for/to the house of Israel.” The translation assumes that this is a graphic picture of what is left over for the defense of the nation (, , , ). Others suggest that this phrase completes the introductory formula (“The sovereign Lord says this …”; see v. 4a; ). Another option is that the preposition has a vocative force, “O house of Israel” (F. I. Andersen and D. N. Freedman, Amos [], ). Some simply delete the phrase as dittography from the following line ().
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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.”
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
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.”
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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.
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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.”
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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.”
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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.
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