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Amos 5:13

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

KJV

Ideo prudens in tempore illo tacebit, quia tempus malum est.

Vulgate

διὰ τοῦτο ὁ συνίων ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ σιωπήσεται, ὅτι καιρὸς πονηρῶν ἐστιν.

LXX

Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

ASV

לָ/כֵ֗ן הַ/מַּשְׂכִּ֛יל בָּ/עֵ֥ת הַ/הִ֖יא יִדֹּ֑ם כִּ֛י עֵ֥ת רָעָ֖ה הִֽיא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
יִדָּ֑מּוּ
ydmv
verb · 29×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מַשְׂכִּ֑יל
mshkyl
verb · 63×
עֵ֣ת
't
verb · 293×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Tim 3:1 — This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
  • Amos 6:10 — And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shal
  • Amos 6:10 — And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shal
  • Eccl 3:7 — A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
  • Eccl 3:7 — A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
  • Eccl 9:12 — For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly u
  • Eph 5:15 — See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
  • Eph 5:16 — Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
  • Eph 6:13 — Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
  • Hab 3:16 — When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people,
  • Hos 4:4 — Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
  • Isa 36:21 — But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
  • Isa 37:3 — And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
  • John 7:10 — But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
  • John 8:6 — This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
  • Matt 27:12 — And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
  • Mic 2:3 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.
  • Mic 2:3 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.
  • Mic 7:5 — Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
  • Prov 29:11 — A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
  • Ps 37:19 — They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
  • Ps 38:14 — Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
  • Ps 39:1 — I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
  • Zeph 2:2 — Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD’s anger come upon you.