Amos 7:14
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Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.
In other translations
Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.
Hebrew words
וַיַּעַןvaiya'anand he answeredH6030עָמוֹס'amosAmosH5986וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אֶל־'el-toH413אֲמַצְיָה'amatzyahAmaziahH558לֹא־lo'-notH3808נָבִיאnavi'[am] a prophetH5030אָנֹכִי'anokhiIH595וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808בֶן־ven-[am] a son ofH1121נָבִיאnavi'a prophetH5030אָנֹכִי'anokhiIH595כִּי־ki-forH3588בוֹקֵרvoker[was] a herdsmanH951אָנֹכִי'anokhiIH595וּבוֹלֵסuvolesand a fig picker ofH1103שִׁקְמִים׃shikmimsycamoresH8256
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Related verses
- Amos 1:1The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.
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People and places
People: Amaziah (Amos 7), Amos