King James Version with Apocrypha
"Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small."
— Amos 7:5, King James Version with Apocrypha
“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.”
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 thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord.
Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto 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 thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God.
Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: