Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget anything they have done. New Living Translation Now the LORD has sworn this oath by his own name, the Pride of Israel: “I will never forget the wicked things you have done! English Standard Version The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: “Surely I will never forget any of their deeds. Berean Standard Bible The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds. King James Bible The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. New King James Version The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: “Surely I will never forget any of their works. New American Standard Bible The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds. NASB 1995 The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds. NASB 1977 The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds. Legacy Standard Bible Yahweh has sworn by the lofty pride of Jacob, “Indeed, I will never forget any of their works. Amplified Bible The LORD has sworn [an oath] by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I shall never forget [nor leave unpunished] any of their [rebellious] acts. Christian Standard Bible The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: I will never forget all their deeds. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: I will never forget all their deeds. American Standard Version Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. Aramaic Bible in Plain English LORD JEHOVAH, The Mighty One of Yaqob, has sworn: "I shall not forget all their works for eternity! Brenton Septuagint Translation The Lord swears against the pride of Jacob, None of your works shall ever be forgotten. Contemporary English Version I, the LORD, won't forget any of this, though you take great pride in your ancestor Jacob. Douay-Rheims Bible The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works. English Revised Version The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD has sworn an oath by Jacob's pride: "I will never forget anything that they have done." Good News Translation The LORD, the God of Israel, has sworn, "I will never forget their evil deeds. International Standard Version "The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: I will never forget anything they have done. JPS Tanakh 1917 The LORD hath sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their works. Literal Standard Version YHWH has sworn by the excellence of Jacob: “I do not forget any of their works forever. Majority Standard Bible The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds. New American Bible The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Never will I forget a thing they have done! NET Bible The LORD confirms this oath by the arrogance of Jacob: "I swear I will never forget all you have done! New Revised Standard Version The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their deeds. New Heart English Bible The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Surely I will never forget any of their works. Webster's Bible Translation The LORD hath sworn by the excellence of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. World English Bible Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their works. Young's Literal Translation Sworn hath Jehovah by the excellency of Jacob: 'I forget not for ever any of their works. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Basket of Ripe Fruit…6Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!” 7The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds. 8Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.… Cross References Deuteronomy 33:26 "There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty. Deuteronomy 33:29 Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places." Psalm 10:11 He says to himself, "God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees." Psalm 47:4 He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah Psalm 68:34 Ascribe the power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose strength is in the skies. Jeremiah 44:21 "As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem--you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land--did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind? Hosea 7:2 But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face. Treasury of Scripture The LORD has sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. sworn. Amos 6:8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. Deuteronomy 33:26-29 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky… Psalm 47:4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. I will. Exodus 17:16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. 1 Samuel 15:2,3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt… Psalm 10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. Jump to Previous Deeds Excellence Excellency Forget Glory Indeed Jacob Mind Oath Pride Surely Sworn WorksJump to Next Deeds Excellence Excellency Forget Glory Indeed Jacob Mind Oath Pride Surely Sworn WorksAmos 8 1. By a basket of summer fruit is shown the approach of Israel's end.4. Oppression is reproved. 11. A famine of the word of God threatened. (7) Excellency of Jacob.--In the previous use of this remarkable expression (Amos 6:8) Jehovah is said to abhor it, but here He swears by it. The "excellency" which He abhorred was the miserable substitute which they had made for His great Name. Here He gives it the value which, in itself, it ought to possess.Verse 7. - Such crimes as these, which sap the very foundations of social life, shall meet with vengeance. The Excellency of Jacob. This is a title of God himself, as in Hosea 5:5; Hosea 7:10, where it is rendered "pride." Thus the Lord is said to swear by his holiness (Amos 4:2), by his soul (Amos 6:8; comp. 1 Samuel 15:29). So here he swears by himself, who is the Glory and Pride of Israel; as truly as he is this, he will punish. The Vulgate treats the sentence differently, Juravit in superbium Jacob, i.e. "The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob," against the arrogancy with which they treat the poor, and trust in their riches, and deem themselves scours. So the Septuagint, Ὀμνύει Κύριος κατὰ τῆς ὑπερηφανίας Ἰακώβ I will never forget, so as to leave unpunished. Literally, if I forget, equivalent to a most decided denial, as Hebrews 4:8, 5, etc. "Nec mirum est, si Deus jurare dicatur; quum dormientibus dormiat et vigilantibus vigilet; hisque qui sibi thesaurizaverunt iram in die irae dicatur irasci " (St. Jerome). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The LORDיְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has sworn נִשְׁבַּ֥ע (niš·ba‘) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear by the Pride בִּגְא֣וֹן (biḡ·’ō·wn) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1347: Arrogance, majesty, ornament of Jacob: יַעֲקֹ֑ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc “I will never אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not forget אֶשְׁכַּ֥ח (’eš·kaḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention any כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every of their deeds. מַעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם׃ (ma·‘ă·śê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property Links Amos 8:7 NIVAmos 8:7 NLT Amos 8:7 ESV Amos 8:7 NASB Amos 8:7 KJV Amos 8:7 BibleApps.com Amos 8:7 Biblia Paralela Amos 8:7 Chinese Bible Amos 8:7 French Bible Amos 8:7 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Amos 8:7 Yahweh has sworn by the pride (Amo. 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