NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Behold the daysyowm (yome) a day (as the warm hours), come bow' (bo) to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) saith n'um (neh-oom') an oracle -- (hath) said, saith. the Lord 'Adonay (ad-o-noy') the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) -- (my) Lord. GOD Yhovih (yeh-ho-vee') God. that I will send shalach (shaw-lakh') to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) a famine ra`ab (raw-awb') hunger (more or less extensive) -- dearth, famine, + famished, hunger. in the land 'erets (eh'-rets) the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. not a famine ra`ab (raw-awb') hunger (more or less extensive) -- dearth, famine, + famished, hunger. of bread lechem (lekh'-em) food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) -- (shew-)bread, eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. nor a thirst tsama' (tsaw-maw') thirst -- thirst(-y). for water mayim (mah'-yim) water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring). but of hearing shama` (shaw-mah') to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) the words dabar (daw-baw') a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause of the LORD Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "Behold, days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "When I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, But rather for hearing the words of the LORD. King James Bible Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: Holman Christian Standard Bible Hear this! The days are coming-- this is the declaration of the Lord GOD-- when I will send a famine through the land: not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD. International Standard Version "Look! The days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "when I will send a famine throughout the land— not a famine of food or a thirst for water— but rather a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. NET Bible Be certain of this, the time is coming," says the sovereign LORD, "when I will send a famine through the land--not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation! GOD'S WORD® Translation The days are going to come, declares the Almighty LORD, when I will send a famine throughout the land. It won't be an ordinary famine or drought. Instead, there will be a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. King James 2000 Bible Behold, the days come, says the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: Links Amos 8:11Amos 8:11 NIV Amos 8:11 NLT Amos 8:11 ESV Amos 8:11 NASB Amos 8:11 KJV |