American King James Version
"Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. "
— Amos 7:5, American King James Version
“Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.”
“Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small. ”
“Then I said, "Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small."”
“I said,“Sovereign LORD, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!””
“And I said: O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee, who shall raise up Jacob, for he is a little one?”
“Then said I, O Lord God, let there be an end: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.”
“Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.”
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, says the LORD. ¶
Thus has the Lord GOD showed to me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, says the Lord GOD. ¶
Thus he showed me: and, behold, the LORD stood on a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
And the LORD said to me, Amos, what see you? And I said, A plumb line. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumb line in the middle of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: