Amos 8:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“In that day the lovely young women— the young men as well— will faint from thirst.”
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BSBPD
“In that day the lovely young women— the young men as well— will faint from thirst.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“In that day faint do the fair virgins, And the young men, with thirst.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Amos 8:13 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:25Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
- Psalms 63:1O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
- Psalms 144:12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
- Isaiah 40:30Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.
- Isaiah 41:17The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
- Jeremiah 48:18Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
- Lamentations 1:18The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
- Lamentations 2:10The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
- Lamentations 2:21Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.
- Hosea 2:3Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.
- Hosea 2:5For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’
- Zechariah 9:17How lovely they will be,and how beautiful!Grain will make the young men flourish,and new wine, the young women.
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