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Amos 6:5

5 mWho sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments,

And invent for yourselves nmusical instruments olike David;

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Amos 6:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

You strum away on your harps like David

and improvise on musical instruments.

Amos 6:5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp

and like David invent for themselves instruments of music,

Amos 6:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

That chant to the sound of the viol,

And invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

Amos 6:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

You sing trivial songs to the sound of the harp

and fancy yourselves to be great musicians like David.

Amos 6:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

You make up songs on your harps,

and, like David, you compose songs on musical instruments.

Amos 6:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

Amos 6:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

that chant to the sound of the lute, and invent them instruments of music, like David;

Amos 6:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

How horrible it will be for those who make up songs as they strum a harp. 

Like David, they write all kinds of songs for themselves. 

Amos 6:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

They improvise songs to the sound of the harp

and invent their own musical instruments like David.

Amos 6:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp,

and like David improvise on instruments of music;

Amos 6:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Alas for those who sing to the tune of the harp; like David they improvise on instruments of music.

Amos 6:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

You pluck away on your harps as David did.

You play new songs on musical instruments.

Amos 6:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Who improvise to the sound of the harp,

And like David have composed songs for themselves,


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