Amos 5:4 - Compare All Versions
Amos 5:4-5 MSG (The Message)
GOD’s Message to the family of Israel: “Seek me and live. Don’t fool around at those shrines of Bethel, Don’t waste time taking trips to Gilgal, and don’t bother going down to Beer-sheba. Gilgal is here today and gone tomorrow and Bethel is all show, no substance.”
Amos 5:4 KJV (King James Version)
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live
Amos 5:4 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, “Seek Me that you may live.
Amos 5:4 NCV (New Century Version)
This is what the LORD says to the nation of Israel: “Come to me and live.
Amos 5:4 ASV (American Standard Version)
For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live
Amos 5:4 NIV (New International Version)
This is what the LORD says to Israel: “Seek me and live
Amos 5:4 NKJV (New King James Version)
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live
Amos 5:4 AMP (Amplified Bible)
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, “Seek Me [search diligently for Me and regard Me as more essential than food] so that you may live. [2 Chr 15:2; Jer 29:13]
Amos 5:4 NLT (New Living Translation)
Now this is what the LORD says to the family of Israel: “Come back to me and live!
Amos 5:4 TPT (The Passion Translation)
For YAHWEH says this to the people of Israel: “Come, seek me, and you will live.
Amos 5:4 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: “Seek me and live