Amos 5:13
11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
12 For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
14 Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
15 Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
Dette ble sagt til Israel i en bestemt tid, så det er lurt å lese det sammen med teksten rundt. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.
Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Derfor, den som er klok, han tier i denne tid; for det er en ond tid.
- OTB
- Derfor, de kloke tier i en slik tid,
for det er en ond tid. - B1930
- Derfor, den som er klok, han tier i denne tid; for det er en ond tid.
- BSB
- Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
- KJV
- Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
- WEB
- Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
- ASV
- Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
- DARBY
- Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in this time; for it is an evil time.
- BLB
- Therefore, the one acting prudently at that time will keep silent, for it [is] an evil time.
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Kryssreferanser
2 Timothy 3:1
But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
Les i sammenhengHosea 4:4
But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.
Les i sammenhengEphesians 5:15–16
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
Les i sammenhengMicah 2:3
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.
Les i sammenhengEcclesiastes 3:7
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
Les i sammenhengAmos 6:10
And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”
Les i sammenhengMicah 7:5–7
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
Les i sammenhengHabakkuk 3:16
I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
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