Amos 3:10

Witnesses against Israel

9Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.” 10“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”

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Berean Standard Bible
“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
American Standard Version (1901)
For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Bible in Basic English
For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.
Free Bible Version
They don't know how to do what is right, declares the Lord. They have stored up in their fortresses what they've taken by violence and robbery.
Geneva Bible 1599
For they knowe not to doe right, sayth the Lord: they store vp violence, and robbery in their palaces.
King James (Authorized) Version
For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Translation for Translators
Yahweh says that the people there do not know how to do things that are right. Their homes are filled with valuable things that they have stolen or taken violently from others.
Unlocked Literal Bible
For they do not know how to do right —this is Yahweh's declaration— They store up violence and destruction in their fortresses.”
Noah Webster Bible
For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
World English Bible
“Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says Yahweh, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”
Young's Literal Translation
And they have not known to act straightforwardly, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.