Top Verses from Amos 3  

Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. (NIV)

Surely the Lord God will do nothing without revealing His secret to His servants the prophets. [Rev. 10:7.] (AMP)

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. (KJV)

Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so? (NIV)

Do two walk together except they make an appointment and have agreed? (AMP)

Can two walk together, except they be agreed? (KJV)

Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey? Does it growl in its den when it has caught nothing? (NIV)

Will a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den if he has taken nothing? (AMP)

Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? (KJV)

When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble? When disaster comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it? (NIV)

Shall a trumpet be blown in the city and the people not be alarmed and afraid? Shall misfortune or evil occur [as punishment] and the Lord has not caused it? (AMP)

Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? (KJV)

"You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins." (NIV)

You only have I known (chosen, sympathized with, and loved) of all the families of the earth; therefore I will visit upon you all your wickedness and punish you for all your iniquities. (AMP)

You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. (KJV)

Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground when no bait is there? Does a trap spring up from the ground if it has not caught anything? (NIV)

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth where there is no trap for him? Does a trap spring up from the ground when nothing at all has sprung it? (AMP)

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? (KJV)

The lion has roared – who will not fear? The Sovereign LORD has spoken – who can but prophesy? (NIV)

The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy? [Acts 4:20; 5:20, 29; I Cor. 9:16.] (AMP)

The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy? (KJV)

Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod and to the fortresses of Egypt: "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest within her and the oppression among her people." (NIV)

Publish to the strongholds in Ashdod [Philistia] and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold what great tumults (confusion and disorder) are in her and what oppressions are in the midst of her. (AMP)

Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. (KJV)

This is what the LORD says: "As a shepherd saves from the lion's mouth only two leg bones or a piece of an ear, so will the Israelites be saved, those who sit in Samaria on the edge of their beds and in Damascus on their couches." (NIV)

Thus says the Lord: As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear [of a sheep], so shall the children of Israel who dwell in Samaria be rescued with the corner of a couch and [part of] the damask covering of a bed. (AMP)

Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch. (KJV)

Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "An enemy will overrun your land, pull down your strongholds and plunder your fortresses." (NIV)

Therefore thus says the Lord God: An adversary shall surround the land, and he shall bring down your defenses from you and your strongholds shall be plundered. (AMP)

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. (KJV)