Amos 5:20

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Amos 5:20

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Berean Standard Bible

Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?

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KJV

King James Version

[Shall] not the day of the LORD [be] darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

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WEB

World English Bible

Won’t the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

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ASV

American Standard Version

Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Amos 5

¹⁸ Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.

¹⁹ It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

²⁰ Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?

²¹ “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

²² Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.

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