KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Amos 5:4 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “For” | כִּ֣י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | For |
| “thus” | כֹ֥ה | Properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now | thus |
| “saith” | אָמַ֛ר | To say (used with great latitude) | saith |
| “the Lord” | יְהוָ֖ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “unto the house” | לְבֵ֣ית | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | house |
| “of Israel,” | יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “Seek” | דִּרְשׁ֖וּנִי | Properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship | Seek |
| “ye me, and ye shall live:” | וִֽחְיֽוּ׃ | To live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive | live |
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2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
3 For thus saith the Lord God; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
5 But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.
6 Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.
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