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Amos 8:13

In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

KJV

In die illa deficient virgines pulchræ et adolescentes in siti,

Vulgate

ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐκλείψουσιν αἱ παρθένοι αἱ καλαὶ καὶ οἱ νεανίσκοι ἐν δίψει,

LXX

In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.

ASV

בַּ/יּ֨וֹם הַ/ה֜וּא תִּ֠תְעַלַּפְנָה הַ/בְּתוּלֹ֧ת הַ/יָּפ֛וֹת וְ/הַ/בַּחוּרִ֖ים בַּ/צָּמָֽא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְּתוּלַ֖ת
btvlt
noun · 50×
בַּחוּרִ֖ים
bchvrym
verb · 46×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
יְפֵ֥ה
yph
verb · 43×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
צָּמָֽא
tsm'
noun · 17×
תִּ֠תְעַלַּפְנָה
tt'lpnh
verb · 5×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Hos 2:3 — Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
  • Lam 1:18 — The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
  • Lam 2:21 — The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.