Why did you flee away secretly, and steal from me; and did not tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth, and with songs, with tambourine, and with harp?
Amos 6:5 - King James 2000 That chant to the sound of the harp, and invent for yourselves instruments of music, like David; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and invent for themselves instruments of music like David's, [I Chron. 23:5.] American Standard Version (1901) that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; Common English Bible who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp, and, like David, compose tunes on musical instruments; Catholic Public Domain Version You sing to the sound of stringed instruments; they consider themselves to have the musical abilities of David. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You that sing to the sound of the psaltery: they have thought themselves to have instruments of music like David; |
Why did you flee away secretly, and steal from me; and did not tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth, and with songs, with tambourine, and with harp?
And David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, lyres and harps and cymbals sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
Moreover four thousand were gatekeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, for praise.
And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
I gathered for myself also silver and gold, and the special treasures of kings and of the provinces: I got men singers and women singers, the delights of the sons of men, and musical instruments of all sorts.
And the harp, and the lyre, the timbrel, and flute, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
And I will cause the noise of your songs to cease; and the sound of your harps shall be no more heard.
Take away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your harps.
And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, says the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth in silence.
For the time past of our life will suffice us to have done the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in licentiousness, lusts, excess of wine, reveling, carousing, and abominable idolatries:
And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of flutists, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in you; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he may be, shall be found any more in you; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in you;