Amos 7:1
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NIV © biblegateway Amo 7:1 |
This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the second crop was coming up. |
NASB © biblegateway Amo 7:1 |
Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, He was forming a locust-swarm when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s mowing. |
NLT © biblegateway Amo 7:1 |
The Sovereign LORD showed me a vision. I saw him preparing to send a vast swarm of locusts over the land. This was after the king’s share had been harvested from the fields and as the main crop was coming up. |
MSG © biblegateway Amo 7:1 |
GOD, my Master, showed me this vision: He was preparing a locust swarm. The first cutting, which went to the king, was complete, and the second crop was just sprouting. |
BBE © SABDAweb Amo 7:1 |
This is what the Lord God let me see: and I saw that, when the growth of the late grass was starting, he made locusts; it was the late growth after the king’s cutting was done. |
NRSV © bibleoremus Amo 7:1 |
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: he was forming locusts at the time the latter growth began to sprout (it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings). |
NKJV © biblegateway Amo 7:1 |
Thus the Lord GOD showed me: Behold, He formed locust swarms at the beginning of the late crop; indeed it was the late crop after the king’s mowings. |
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1 tn Heb “behold” or “look.” 2 sn The crops planted late (consisting of vegetables) were planted in late January-early March and sprouted in conjunction with the spring rains of March-April. For a discussion of the ancient Israelite agricultural calendar, see O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 31-44. 3 tn Or “the mowings of the king.” 3 sn This royal harvest may refer to an initial mowing of crops collected as taxes by the royal authorities. |