Amos 7:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ This is what he showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand. [II Kings 21:13; Isa. 34:11.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.

Common English Bible

⁷ This is what the LORD showed me: The LORD was standing by a wall, with a plumb line in his hand.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ These things the Lord revealed to me. And behold, the Lord was standing near a plastered wall, and in his hand was a mason's trowel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold the Lord was standing upon a plastered wall, and in his hand a mason's trowel.

Amos 7:7 Cross References

Genesis 28:13

And the Lord stood beside him and said, “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring,

2 Samuel 8:2

He also defeated the Moabites and, making them lie down on the ground, measured them off with a cord; he measured two lengths of cord for those who were to be put to death and one length for those who were to be spared. And the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.

2 Kings 21:13

I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line for Samaria and the plummet for the house of Ahab; I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

Isaiah 28:17

And I will make justice the line and righteousness the plummet; hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.

Isaiah 34:11

But the desert owl and the screech owl shall possess it; the great owl and the raven shall live in it. He shall stretch the line of confusion and the plummet of chaos over it.

Lamentations 2:8

The Lord determined to lay in ruins the wall of daughter Zion; he stretched the line; he did not withhold his hand from destroying; he caused rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.

Ezekiel 40:3

When he brought me there, a man was there whose appearance shone like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring reed in his hand, and he was standing in the gateway.

Amos 7:6

The Lord relented concerning this; “This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.

Amos 7:8

And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “See, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will spare them no longer;

Zechariah 4:10

For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel. “These seven are the eyes of the Lord that range through the whole earth.”

Revelation 11:1

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Come and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there,

Revelation 21:15

The angel who talked to me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls.