Amos 4:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ “And I also withheld rain from you, three months before the harvest. Then I would send rain on one city, and on another city I would not send rain. One part was rained upon, and where it did not rain the part would dry up.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And also I withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest. I caused it to rain upon one city and caused it not to rain upon another city; one piece of ground was rained upon, and the piece upon which it did not rain withered.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

Common English Bible

⁷ I also withheld rain from you when there were still three months to the harvest. I allowed rain to fall on one city, no rain to fall on another city. One field was rained on, and the field dried up where it didn’t rain.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Therefore, I have withheld the rains from you, when there were still three months left until the harvest. And I rained on one city, and I did not rain on another city; one part was rained on, and the part on which I did not rain, dried out.

Amos 4:7 Cross References

Exodus 10:22

And Mosheh stretched out his hand toward the heavens, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Mitsrayim for three days.

Exodus 10:23

They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, while all the children of Yisra’ĕ

Exodus 8:22

“And in that day I shall separate the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, so that you know that I am יהוה  in the midst of the land.

Exodus 9:26

Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Yisra’ĕ

Exodus 9:4

“And יהוה  shall separate between the livestock of Yisra’ĕ

Isaiah 5:6

and I lay it waste; it is not pruned or dug and thornbushes and weeds shall come up; and I command the clouds not to rain on it.”

Jeremiah 14:22

Are there among the worthless idols of the nations any causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O יהוה  our Elohim? And we wait for You, for You are the One who does all this.

Jeremiah 14:3

“And their nobles have sent their little ones for water, they went to the cisterns and found no water, they returned with their vessels empty. They were put to shame, and blushed and covered their heads.

Jeremiah 14:4

“Because the ground became cracked, for there has been no rain in the land. The ploughmen were put to shame, they covered their heads.

Jeremiah 3:3

“Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain. You have had a whore’s forehead, you refuse to be ashamed.

Joel 2:23

And you children of Tsiyon, be glad and rejoice in יהוה  your Elohim, for He shall give you the Teacher of Righteousness, and cause the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain, as before.

Zechariah 14:17

And it shall be, that if anyone of the clans of the earth does not come up to Yerushalayim to bow himself to the Sovereign, יהוה  of hosts, on them there is to be no rain.

John 4:35

“Do you not say, ‘There are still four months, and the harvest comes’? See, I say to you, lift up your eyes and see the fields, for they are white for harvest – already!

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who makes you to differ? And what do you have that you did not receive? And if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

Deuteronomy 11:17

‘Then the displeasure of יהוה  shall burn against you, and He shall shut up the heavens, and there be no rain, and the land not give its increase. And you shall perish quickly from the good land which יהוה  is giving you.

James 5:17

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Revelation 11:6

These possess authority to shut the heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy. And they possess authority over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they wish.