Amos 5:6 - Compare All Versions
Amos 5:6 MSG (The Message)
So seek GOD and live! You don’t want to end up with nothing to show for your life But a pile of ashes, a house burned to the ground. For God will send just such a fire, and the firefighters will show up too late.
Amos 5:6 KJV (King James Version)
Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.
Amos 5:6 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Seek the LORD that you may live, Or He will break forth like a fire, O house of Joseph, And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel
Amos 5:6 NCV (New Century Version)
Come to the LORD and live, or he will move like fire against the descendants of Joseph. The fire will burn Bethel, and there will be no one to put it out.
Amos 5:6 ASV (American Standard Version)
Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.
Amos 5:6 NIV (New International Version)
Seek the LORD and live, or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire; it will devour them, and Bethel will have no one to quench it.
Amos 5:6 NKJV (New King James Version)
Seek the LORD and live, Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph, And devour it, With no one to quench it in Bethel
Amos 5:6 AMP (Amplified Bible)
“Seek the LORD [search diligently for Him and long for Him as your most essential need] so that you may live, Or He will rush down like a [devouring] fire, O house of Joseph, And there will be no one to quench the flame for [idolatrous] Bethel
Amos 5:6 NLT (New Living Translation)
Come back to the LORD and live! Otherwise, he will roar through Israel like a fire, devouring you completely. Your gods in Bethel won’t be able to quench the flames.
Amos 5:6 TPT (The Passion Translation)
Come back to YAHWEH and live, or he will sweep down like fire upon the people of Israel. The fire will burn at Bethel with no one there to put out the flames.
Amos 5:6 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Seek the LORD and live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, with none to quench it for Bethel