Amos 3:6 — Compare Translations

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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?

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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?

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the Lord caused it?

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

If a ram’s horn is blown in a city, aren’t people afraid? If a disaster occurs in a city, hasn’t the LORD done it?

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and Jehovah not have done [it]?

English EASY 2024

Also, if the people in a city hear a trumpet's sound, they become very afraid. If bad trouble comes to a city, it means that the Lord has sent it.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

If people hear the warning blast of a trumpet, they shake with fear. If trouble comes to a city, the Lord caused it to happen.

Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city, unless the LORD has done it?

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Does the war trumpet sound in a city without making the people afraid? Does disaster strike a city unless the Lord sends it?

English God's Word - GW 1995

If a ram's horn sounds an alarm in a city, won't the people be alarmed? If there is a disaster in a city, hasn't the Lord done it?

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

If a ram's horn is blown in a city, aren't people afraid? If a disaster occurs in a city, hasn't the LORD done it?

English KJV 1611

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?

English LSB

If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity happens in a city has not Yahweh done it?

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

If the trumpet blasts in the city, are not the people frightened? If there is disaster against a city, is it not the Lord who has done it?

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity occurs in a city has not the LORD done it?

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

If the trumpet sounds in a city, will the people not be frightened? If evil befalls a city, has not the LORD caused it?

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

If an alarm sounds in a city, do people not fear? If disaster overtakes a city, is the LORD not responsible?

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

When someone blows a trumpet in a city, don't the people tremble with fear? When trouble comes to a city, hasn't the Lord caused it?

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?

English NLT

When the war trumpet blares, shouldn't the people be alarmed? When disaster comes to a city, isn't it because the LORD planned it?

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster befall a city, unless the LORD has done it?

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Does the war trumpet sound in the city without the people being frightened? Does calamity come to a city if it has not passed through Yahweh ’s hands?

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does evil befall a city, unless the Lord has done it?

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

The alarm has sounded—listen and fear! For I, the Lord, am sending disaster into your land.

English Tyndale 1537

Cry they out Alarum with the trumpet in the city, and the people not afraid? Cometh there any plague in a city without it be the LORD's doing?