Amos 9:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ “Are you not like the Ethiopians to me, O people of Israel?” says the Lord. “Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Syrians from Kir?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ You [O degenerate children of Israel] are no more to Me than these [despised] Cushites, says the Lord. I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, but have I not [also] brought the Philistines out of Caphtor and the Syrians from Kir?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith Jehovah. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

Common English Bible

⁷ Aren’t you like the Cushites to me, people of Israel? says the LORD. Haven’t I brought Israel up from the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Sons of Israel, are you not like the sons of the Ethiopians to me, says the Lord? Did I not cause Israel to rise up out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of Cyrene?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ Are not you as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel, saith the Lord? did not I bring up Israel, out of the land of Egypt: and the Philistines out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of Cyrene?

Amos 9:7 Cross References

2 Kings 16:9

And the king of Assyria hearkened to him; the king of Assyria marched up against Damascus, and took it, carrying its people captive to Kir, and he killed Rezin.

2 Chronicles 14:12

So the Lord defeated the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.

2 Chronicles 14:9

Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.

Exodus 12:51

And on that very day the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.

Isaiah 20:4

so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians captives and the Ethiopians exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

Isaiah 22:6

And Elam bore the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

Isaiah 43:3

For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also you can do good who are accustomed to do evil.

Jeremiah 47:4

because of the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remains. For the Lord is destroying the Philistines, the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.

Hosea 12:13

By a prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

Amos 1:5

I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and him that holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir,” says the Lord.

Amos 2:10

Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

Deuteronomy 2:23

As for the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and settled in their stead.)