Amos 6:9 “And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.”

Amos 6:9

And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

World English Bible

It will happen that if ten men remain in one house, they will die.

American Standard Version

And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

Geneva Bible 1599

And if there remaine ten men in one house, they shall die.

Darby Translation

And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

Young's Literal Translation

And if there are left ten persons in one house, It hath come to pass — that they have died.

Bible in Basic English

Then it will come about that if there are still ten men in a house, death will overtake them.

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Cross references

“if”

Amos 5:3 1 Samuel 2:33 Esther 5:11 Esther 9:10 Job 1:2 Job 1:19

Amos 5:3 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will have but a hundred left, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel.”

1 Samuel 2:33 · BSB

And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and your heart to grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.

Esther 5:11 · BSB

Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.

Esther 9:10 · BSB

They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

Job 1:2 · BSB

He had seven sons and three daughters,

Job 1:19 · BSB

when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”

10And 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.”

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