SinaiAmos 5:13
American Standard Version
Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
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Amos 5:13 in other translations
Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time,
for it is an evil time.
Amos 5:13 in context
- 11Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
- 12For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins—ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right.
- 13Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
- 14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.
- 15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.