Amos 3:2 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Only you I have known of all families of the land, Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities.

English ASV

You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.

English Amplified

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.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

I have known only you out of all the clans of the earth; therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities.

English EASY 2024

He says, ‘There are many nations of people on the earth. But I chose you alone to belong to me. So I will punish you when you do wrong things.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

"There are many families on earth, but you are the only family I chose to know in a special way. {And you turned against me,} so I will punish you for all your sins."

"You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

“Of all the nations on earth, you are the only one I have known and cared for. That is what makes your sins so terrible, and that is why I must punish you for them.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

Out of all the families on earth, I have known no one else but you. That is why I am going to punish you for all your sins.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

I have known only you out of all the clans of the earth; therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

“You only have I known among all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

You alone have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"You only have I chosen among all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities."

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

You alone have I favored, more than all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your crimes.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

“I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

"Out of all of the families on earth I have chosen only you. So I will punish you because you have committed so many sins."

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

“You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

English NLT

"From among all the families on the earth, I chose you alone. That is why I must punish you for all your sins."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

“Of all the nations of the earth, you are the only one I have intimately known and have always cared for. That is why I will punish you for all your wrongdoings.”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

“You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“Of all the peoples of the earth, I have chosen you alone. That is why I must punish you the more for all your sins.

English Tyndale 1537

You only have I accepted from all the generations of the earth: therefore will I visit you in all your wickednesses.

Amos 3:2 — Compare Translations