Amos 6:3
New International Version
You put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of terror.

New Living Translation
You push away every thought of coming disaster, but your actions only bring the day of judgment closer.

English Standard Version
O you who put far away the day of disaster and bring near the seat of violence?

Berean Standard Bible
You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.

King James Bible
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

New King James Version
Woe to you who put far off the day of doom, Who cause the seat of violence to come near;

New American Standard Bible
Are you postponing the day of disaster, And would you bring near the seat of violence?

NASB 1995
Do you put off the day of calamity, And would you bring near the seat of violence?

NASB 1977
Do you put off the day of calamity, And would you bring near the seat of violence?

Legacy Standard Bible
Do you put off the day of calamity, And would you cause the seat of violence to approach?

Amplified Bible
Do you put off the day of punishment, Yet cause the seat of violence to come near?

Christian Standard Bible
You dismiss any thought of the evil day and bring in a reign of violence.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You dismiss any thought of the evil day and bring in a reign of violence.

American Standard Version
� ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Which are expecting the evil day and they are approaching the Sabbath of violence

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Ye who are approaching the evil day, who are drawing near and adopting false sabbaths;

Contemporary English Version
You are cruel, and you forget the coming day of judgment.

Douay-Rheims Bible
You that are separated unto the evil day: and that approach to the throne of iniquity;

English Revised Version
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
How horrible it will be for those who think that a day of disaster is far away. They bring the reign of violence closer.

Good News Translation
You refuse to admit that a day of disaster is coming, but what you do only brings that day closer.

International Standard Version
"Disbelieving that a day of evil will come, embracing opportunities to commit violence,

JPS Tanakh 1917
Ye that put far away the evil day, And cause the seat of violence to come near;

Literal Standard Version
Who are putting away the day of evil, | And you bring the seat of violence near,

Majority Standard Bible
You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.

New American Bible
You who would put off the day of disaster, yet hasten the time of violence!

NET Bible
You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence.

New Revised Standard Version
O you that put far away the evil day, and bring near a reign of violence?

New Heart English Bible
Those who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

Webster's Bible Translation
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

World English Bible
Alas for you who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near,

Young's Literal Translation
Who are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence,

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Context
Woe to those at Ease in Zion
2Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours? 3You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence. 4You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.…

Cross References
Psalm 94:20
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally--one devising mischief by decree?

Isaiah 56:12
"Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!"

Lamentations 4:5
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.

Ezekiel 12:22
"Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: 'The days go by, and every vision fails'?

Ezekiel 23:42
accompanied by the sound of a carefree crowd. Drunkards were brought in from the desert along with men from the rabble, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your head.

Amos 3:10
"For they know not how to do right," declares the LORD. "They store up violence and destruction in their citadels."

Amos 9:10
All the sinners among My people will die by the sword--all those who say, 'Disaster will never draw near or confront us.'"


Treasury of Scripture

You that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

put.

Amos 5:18
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.

Amos 9:10
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

and cause.

Amos 6:12
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

Amos 5:12
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

Psalm 94:20
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

seat.

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1. The wantonness of Israel,
7. shall be plagued with desolation;
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(3) Far away.--They choose to think that the day of reckoning is far off, and cling yet closer to their habits of defrauding the poor at the seat of judgment. (Comp. Ezekiel 12:21-28.)

Verse 3. - Ye that put far away the evil day. They assigned a distant date to the time of punishment and calamity; they would not look it in the face or contemplate it as approaching and ready to come upon them. Septuagint, οἱ ἐρχόμενοι εἰς ἡμέραν κάκην, "Ye who are coming unto the evil day." The Alexandrian manuscript has οἱ εὐχόμενοι, "ye who pray for" (Amos 5:18), with which the Syriac seems to agree. The Vulgate (as Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion), taking the verb passively, renders, qui separati estis in diem malum. But it is beat to translate it as above, in the sense of "repelling," "putting away with aversion," as in Isaiah 66:5. And cause the seat of violence to come near. They erected the throne (shebheth, "the sitting," or "enthroning") of violence in their midst, made themselves the subjects and slaves of wickedness and oppression. The LXX., mistaking shebheth for shabbath translates, Οἱ ἐγγίζοντες καὶ ἐφαπτόμενοι σαββάτων ψευδῶν. "Ye who are drawing near and clinging to false sabbaths."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You dismiss
הַֽמְנַדִּ֖ים (ham·nad·dîm)
Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 5077: To toss, to exclude, banish, postpone, prohibit

the day
לְי֣וֹם (lə·yō·wm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

of calamity
רָ֑ע (rā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

and bring near
וַתַּגִּישׁ֖וּן (wat·tag·gî·šūn)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 5066: To draw near, approach

a reign
שֶׁ֥בֶת (še·ḇeṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7675: Session, an abode, locality

of violence.
חָמָֽס׃ (ḥā·mās)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2555: Violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain


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