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Amos 4:13

NETBible	For here he is! He¹ formed the mountains and created the wind. He reveals² his plans³ to men. He turns the dawn into darkness⁴ and marches on the heights of the earth. The Lord, the God who commands armies,⁵ is his name!”
NIV © biblegateway Amo 4:13	He who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and reveals his thoughts to man, he who turns dawn to darkness, and treads the high places of the earth—the LORD God Almighty is his name.
NASB © biblegateway Amo 4:13	For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind And declares to man what are His thoughts, He who makes dawn into darkness And treads on the high places of the earth, The LORD God of hosts is His name.
NLT © biblegateway Amo 4:13	For the LORD is the one who shaped the mountains, stirs up the winds, and reveals his every thought. He turns the light of dawn into darkness and treads the mountains under his feet. The LORD God Almighty is his name!
MSG © biblegateway Amo 4:13	Look who's here: Mountain-Shaper! Wind-Maker! He laid out the whole plot before Adam. He brings everything out of nothing, like dawn out of darkness. He strides across the alpine ridges. His name is GOD, God-of-the-Angel-Armies.
BBE © SABDAweb Amo 4:13	For see, he who gave form to the mountains and made the wind, giving knowledge of his purpose to man, who makes the morning dark, and is walking on the high places of the earth: the Lord, the God of armies, is his name.
NRSV © bibleoremus Amo 4:13	For lo, the one who forms the mountains, creates the wind, reveals his thoughts to mortals, makes the morning darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of hosts, is his name!
NKJV © biblegateway Amo 4:13	For behold, He who forms mountains, And creates the wind, Who declares to man what his thought is , And makes the morning darkness, Who treads the high places of the earth––The LORD God of hosts is His name.
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KJV	For, lo, he that formeth <03335> (8802) the mountains <02022>_, and createth <01254> (8802) the wind <07307>_, and declareth <05046> (8688) unto man <0120> what [is] his thought <07808>_, that maketh <06213> (8802) the morning <07837> darkness <05890>_, and treadeth <01869> (8802) upon the high places <01116> of the earth <0776>_, The LORD <03068>_, The God <0430> of hosts <06635>_, [is] his name <08034>_. {wind: or, spirit}
NASB © biblegateway Amo 4:13	For behold <02009> , He who forms <03335> mountains <02022> and creates <01254> the wind <07307> And declares <05046> to man <0120> what <04100> are His thoughts <07808> , He who makes <06213> dawn <07837> into darkness <05890> And treads <01869> on the high <01116> places <01116> of the earth <0776> , The LORD <03068> God <0430> of hosts <06635> is His name <08034> .
LXXM	dioti <1360> CONJ idou <2400> INJ egw <1473> P-NS sterewn <4732> V-PAPNS bronthn <1027> N-ASF kai <2532> CONJ ktizwn <2936> V-PAPNS pneuma <4151> N-ASN kai <2532> CONJ apaggellwn {V-PAPNS} eiv <1519> PREP anyrwpouv <444> N-APM ton <3588> T-ASM criston <5547> A-ASM autou <846> D-GSM poiwn <4160> V-PAPNS oryron <3722> N-ASM kai <2532> CONJ omiclhn {N-ASF} kai <2532> CONJ epibainwn <1910> V-PAPNS epi <1909> PREP ta <3588> T-APN uqh <5311> N-APN thv <3588> T-GSF ghv <1065> N-GSF kuriov <2962> N-NSM o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM o <3588> T-NSM pantokratwr <3841> N-NSM onoma <3686> N-NSN autw <846> D-DSM
NET [draft] ITL	For <03588> here he is <02009> ! He formed <03335> the mountains <02022> and created <01254> the wind <07307> . He reveals <05046> his plans <07808> to men <0120> . He turns <06213> the dawn <07837> into darkness <05890> and marches <01869> on <05921> the heights <01116> of the earth <0776> . The Lord <03068> , the God <0430> who commands armies <06635> , is his name <08034> !”
HEBREW	o wms <08034> twabu <06635> yhla <0430> hwhy <03068> Ura <0776> ytmb <01116> le <05921> Krdw <01869> hpye <05890> rxs <07837> hve <06213> wxv <07808> hm <04100> Mdal <0120> dygmw <05046> xwr <07307> arbw <01254> Myrh <02022> ruwy <03335> hnh <02009> yk (4:13) <03588>

NETBible

For here he is! He¹ formed the mountains and created the wind. He reveals² his plans³ to men. He turns the dawn into darkness⁴ and marches on the heights of the earth. The Lord, the God who commands armies,⁵ is his name!”

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “For look, the one who.” This verse is considered to be the first hymnic passage in the book. The others appear at 5:8-9 and 9:5-6. Scholars debate whether these verses were originally part of a single hymn or three distinct pieces deliberately placed in each context for particular effect.

²tn Or “declares” (NAB, NASB).

³tn Or “his thoughts.” The translation assumes that the pronominal suffix refers to God and that divine self-revelation is in view (see 3:7). If the suffix refers to the following term אָדַם (’adam, “men”), then the expression refers to God’s ability to read men’s minds.

⁴tn Heb “he who makes dawn, darkness.” The meaning of the statement is unclear. The present translation assumes that allusion is made to God’s approaching judgment, when the light of day will be turned to darkness (see 5:20). Other options include: (1) “He makes the dawn [and] the darkness.” A few Hebrew mss, as well as the LXX, add the conjunction (“and”) between the two nouns. (2) “He turns darkness into glimmering dawn” (NJPS). See S. M. Paul (Amos [Hermeneia], 154), who takes שָׁחַר (shakhar) as “blackness” rather than “dawn” and עֵיפָה (’efah) as “glimmering dawn” rather than “darkness.”

⁵tn Traditionally, “God of hosts.”