Amos 8:13 “In that day the lovely young women— the young men as well— will faint…”

Amos 8:13

In that day the lovely young women— the young men as well— will faint from thirst.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

World English Bible

In that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst.

American Standard Version

In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.

Geneva Bible 1599

In that day shall the faire virgines and the yong men perish for thirst.

Darby Translation

In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst;

Young's Literal Translation

In that day faint do the fair virgins, And the young men, with thirst.

Bible in Basic English

In that day the fair virgins and the young men will be feeble from need of water.

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Cross references

“In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.”

Hosea 2:3 Lamentations 1:18 Lamentations 2:21 Deuteronomy 32:25 Psalm 63:1 Isaiah 40:30

Hosea 2:3 · BSB

Otherwise, 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.

Lamentations 1:18 · BSB

The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.

Lamentations 2:21 · BSB

Both 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.

Deuteronomy 32:25 · BSB

Outside, 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.

Psalm 63:1 · BSB

O 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.

Isaiah 40:30 · BSB

Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.

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

In context

12People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.

14Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’— they will fall, never to rise again.”

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