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Amos 3:10

For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

KJV

Et nescierunt facere rectum, dicit Dominus, thesaurizantes iniquitatem et rapinas in ædibus suis.

Vulgate

καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω ἃ ἔσται ἐναντίον αὐτῆς, λέγει Κύριος, οἱ θησαυρίζοντες ἀδικίαν καὶ ταλαιπωρίαν ἐν ταῖς χώραις αὐτῶν.

LXX

For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

ASV

וְ/לֹֽא יָדְע֥וּ עֲשׂוֹת נְכֹחָ֖ה נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה הָ/אֽוֹצְרִ֛ים חָמָ֥ס וָ/שֹׁ֖ד בְּ/אַרְמְנֽוֹתֵי/הֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָצְר֧וּ
'tsrv
verb · 5×
הָ
h
noun · 32×
חָמָ֖ס
chms
noun · 59×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נְאֻם
n'm
noun · 374×
נְכֹחָ֖ה
nkchh
adjective · 4×
שֹׁ֖ד
shd
noun · 25×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 6:3 — Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
  • Exod 20:15 — Thou shalt not steal.
  • Ezek 18:7 — And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
  • Ezek 22:29 — The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
  • Jer 4:22 — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
  • Jer 52:13 — And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:
  • Mic 6:10 — Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
  • Ps 14:4 — Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
  • Zech 5:3 — Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth sha
  • Zeph 1:9 — In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.
  • Zeph 1:9 — In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.